"The World of Child Labor" details both the current and historical state of child labor in each region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and c

Although numerous international treaties and organizations worktirelessly to improve conditions for children, there are still 320million children under the age

This book provides new evidence of the theoretical and empirical causes and consequences of child labor. In so doing, the chapters provide a unique set of polic

Despite its decline throughout the advanced industrial nations, child labor remains one of the major social, political, and economic concerns of modern history,

Presents a history of child labor around the world, describing the jobs children were and are forced to do, the ways child labor can be prevented, and the laws