Child labour in South Asia
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 19% of children aged 5-14 in Asia and the Pacific are economically active (ILO, 2002). These 127.3 million children constitute 60% of all child labourers worldwide. The aim of this study is to better understand child labour in South Asia thr...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge
2016.
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| Colección: | OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers,
no.5. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705023206719 |
| Sumario: | The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 19% of children aged 5-14 in Asia and the Pacific are economically active (ILO, 2002). These 127.3 million children constitute 60% of all child labourers worldwide. The aim of this study is to better understand child labour in South Asia through in-depth case studies of the child labour experience in three countries: Nepal, Pakistan, and Vietnam. Several themes about child labour emerge in examining data from these three countries. First, any discussion of child labour needs to consider wage work as well as unpaid work including household production activities. Children who work in one type of activity are more likely to work in other activities as well. Thus, focusing on only one aspect of child employment seriously understates child labour supply. Second, there is some evidence of important substitutions of child and adult labour across different household activities that may be very costly for the welfare of the ... |
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| Notas: | First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409462965 9781317167983 9781315571454 9781317167976 9781281103994 9786611103996 9780754684626 |
