Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

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Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Books, Articles, and Reports - Theories of Child Labor

These articles discuss causes of and contributing factors to child labor and worst forms of child labor. They are not region-specific.

Basu, K. (1999). Child labor: Cause, consequence, and cure, with remarks on international labor standards. In: Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXXVII (September 1999), pp. 1083–1119.

Bhalotra, S., Heady, C. (2003). Child farm labor: The wealth paradox. In: The World Bank Economic Review. Vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 197-227.

Brown, D.K., Deardorff, A.V., Stern, R.M. (2001). Child labor: Theory, evidence and policy. Download…

Dessy, S.E., Pallage, S. (2005). A theory of the worst forms of child labor. In: The Economic Journal. Vol. 115, no. 1, pp. 68-87.

Rogers, C.A., Swinnerton, K.A. (2002). A theory of exploitative child labor. Download…