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Traumatic birth experiences and maternal caregiving behaviors and attitudes in black and white women. [PDF]

open access: yesArch Womens Ment Health
Kornfield SL   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Local Labor Demand and Child Labor

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
This paper uses micro data from the Brazilian Pesquisa Nacional Por Amostra de Domicilios (PNAD) between 1981 and 2002 to ascertain the role that local labor demand proxies by male adult employment in the area of residence plays in shaping the work and schooling decisions of children aged 10-15.
Manacorda, Marco, Rosati, Furio C.
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Child Labor [PDF]

open access: possible, 2006
Abstract In order to construct effective policies to address the problem of child labor, it is necessary to understand the circumstances that lead parents to send their children to work. The essay is organized as follows. The second section briefly describes some of the main features of child labor in developing countries.
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Child Labor

2020
Abstract The early conservatories were boarding schools. As children acquired useful musical skills, they were rented out to perform in the city. At what point does practical education turn into child labour and exploitation? From the perspective of earlier centuries, most children were expected to work.
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Child Labor

1999
Consult this handy reference work when you need accurate, up to date information on subjects ranging from the effects of work on children's education to the use of child labor in Eastern Europe. From Dickensian exploitation of orphans to the after-school jobs of American students, child labor continues to generate controversy.
Sandy Hobbs   +2 more
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Child Labor

2003
Child labor exists because it is the best response people can find in intolerable circumstances. Poverty and child labor are mutually reinforcing: because their parents are poor, children must work and not attend school, and then grow up poor. Child labor has two important special features. First, when financial markets are imperfect, the separation in
Udry, Christopher R.   +1 more
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Child Labor

2014
The paper presents a global scenario of child labor by placing the issue in a historical context as well as comparing current work in the field. It specifically explains the psychosocial, political, and economic determinants of child labor and the prevalence of different forms as well as its magnitude in the different regions of the world.
Usha Nayar, Priya Nayar, Nidhi Mishra
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