Labor Market Integration and Its Effect on Child Labor
Journal
Atlantic Economic Journal
ISSN
0197-4254
ISSN-Digital
1573-9678
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-06-08
Author(s)
Abstract
This note demonstrates that when developing countries remove barriers to migration and integrate their labor markets, children may be driven out of schools and into informal or paid employment in the comparatively rich countries. In industrialized countries, the same mechanism might drive families into social security or government-subsidized jobs
Funding(s)
Language
English
Keywords
Labor market
Migration
Integration
Child labor
Subsistence
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Springer
Publisher place
Heidelberg
Volume
39
Number
2
Start page
165
End page
170
Pages
6
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
135910