Human Rights Watch1y
Child Labor
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has estimated that 218 million children between the ages of five and seventeen work in developing countries. Of these, 122.3 million children work in ...
National Bureau of Economic Research3y
International Trade and Child Labor: Cross-Country Evidence
We explore the relationship between greater exposure to trade (as measured by openness) and child labor in a cross country setting. Our methodology accounts for the fact that trade flows are ...
National Bureau of Economic Research5y
Child Labor: The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit Across Countries
This paper examines the relationship between child labor and access to credit at a cross-country level. Even though this link is theoretically central to child labor, so far there has been little work ...
El País in English3d
Modern cotton slaves in 18 countries work for large textile companies and many are children
the harvesting of which involves children and forced labor in over 18 countries. These data from the International Labour Organization led the European Union to begin working with the UN agency in ...
AL DA News14d
Biden Administration to intervene following New York Times investigation revealing illegal child labor across the country
The Biden Administration announced initiatives on Monday, Feb. 27 to combat the recent surge in illegal child labor across the country, including investigations into the companies benefiting from the ...
Dominican Today4mon
US report: In the Dominican Republic, “children are subjected to the worst forms of child labour”
As for forced child labor, this affects almost 28 million children, with textile workshops occupying the first place in 10 countries. The construction sector (9 countries), cotton mills (7), and ...