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Child Labor Supply on US Family Farms: An Interdisciplinary Conceptualization

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The conceptual model developed in this paper presents a unique way of understanding child labor on US family farms. It incorporates non-economic factors into an economic framework creating models that are different from the standard economic approaches to adult labor supply and/or child labor in developing countries. The paper argues for the importance of a balance between economic factors and non-economic factors such as social development, health and safety risks, and education in understanding child labor supply.

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  1. Korea Women’s Development Institute, 1-363, Bulkwang-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, Korea

    Jongsoog Kim

  2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Lydia Zepeda & Paula Kantor

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This research is part of the first author’s dissertation research. The research was supported by a Hatch grant to the second author from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the Univerrsity of Wisconsin-Madison. Gratitude is expressed by the second author to the Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center at the Univerrsity of Washington Friday Harbor Marine Lab for facilitating the completion of this article. Authorship is jointly shared.

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Kim, J., Zepeda, L. & Kantor, P. Child Labor Supply on US Family Farms: An Interdisciplinary Conceptualization. J Fam Econ Iss 26, 159–173 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-004-1417-z

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