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Child Labor Theories and Policies

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Abstract

This chapter presents the main theoretical analyses in the area of child labor and their implications in terms of policy design. The discussion is based on the human capital approach and presents a simplified model that allows to frame the most relevant results present in the literature. It also looks at some of the evidence available about the impact of the different interventions implemented and reviews their effectiveness and limitations. From the policy point of view, the chapter concludes pointing out the need to integrate child labor interventions in broader human capital and poverty reduction policies and to consider “big push” interventions able to move the economy permanently to a low child labor equilibrium.

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Responsible Section Editor: Klaus Zimmermann

The chapter has benefitted from valuable comments of the editors. There is no conflict of interest.

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  1. University of Rome Tor Vergata, IZA, GLO, ICID, CEIS, Rome, Italy

    Furio Camillo Rosati

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    Klaus F. Zimmermann

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Rosati, F.C. (2022). Child Labor Theories and Policies. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_307-1

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