Revisiting the Link between Poverty and Child Labor : The Ghanaian Experience

Revisiting the Link between Poverty and Child Labor : The Ghanaian Experience

The link between poverty, and child labor has traditionally been regarded as well established. But recent research has questioned the validity of this link, claiming that poverty is not a main determinant of child labor. Starting from the premise t...

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Main Authors: Verner, Dorte, Blunch, Niels-Hugo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNT
AGGREGATE LEVEL
CHILD LABOR
CHILDHOOD
COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA SET
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LABOR MARKET
OLDER CHILDREN
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PARENTS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR CHILDREN
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY PREDICTORS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SECTOR
RECOMMENDATIONS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POOR
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WORKERS
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/748675/revisiting-link-between-poverty-child-labor-ghanaian-experience
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19774

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/748675/revisiting-link-between-poverty-child-labor-ghanaian-experience
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19774

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