Revisiting the link between poverty and child labor - the Ghanaian experience (English)

The link between poverty, and child labor has traditionally been regarded as well established. But recent research has questioned the validity of this link, claiming that poverty is not a main determinant of child labor. Starting from the premise that child labor is not necessarily harmful, the authors analyze the determinants of harmful child labor, viewed as child labor that directly conflicts with children's accumulation of human capital, in an...

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Blunch,Niels-Hugo;

Verner,Dorte;
Document Date
2000/11/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS2488
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ghana,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Revisiting the link between poverty and child labor - the Ghanaian experience
Keywords
access to drinking water

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Blunch,Niels-Hugo; Verner,Dorte.

Revisiting the link between poverty and child labor - the Ghanaian experience (English). Policy, Research working paper|no. WPS 2488 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/167581468751536929

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