The case against child labor bans
| dc.contributor.author | Gonzalez, Francisco M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rosales, Irving | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-14T13:49:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-14T13:49:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We argue that enforcing blanket child labor restrictions in developing economies, as advocated in the ILO Convention 138, is harmful even in the long run. The social return to child labor can be higher than its private return if laws against crime and laws in favor of compulsory education are not enforced, in which case child labor crowds out both child crime and crime against children. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10012/23735 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Waterloo Economics Series; 16-001 | |
| dc.subject | child labor | |
| dc.subject | education | |
| dc.subject | rule of law | |
| dc.subject | international labor standards | |
| dc.title | The case against child labor bans | |
| dc.type | Preprint | |
| uws.contributor.affiliation1 | Faculty of Arts | |
| uws.contributor.affiliation2 | Economics | |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | |
| uws.scholarLevel | Faculty | |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |