This note reviews the available evidence on developing effective policies against child labor, outlining it requires attention to gender differences among working children. This is so because standard definitions of child labor tend to underestimate girls' work, because economic activities of boys and girls differ by country and industry; because determinants of child labor may differ by gender; and, because the consequences of child labor may differ...
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2005/08/01
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La problematique hommes-femmes dans le travail des enfants
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child labor
Citation
Holtz, Paul [editor].
Gender issues in child labor : La problematique hommes-femmes dans le travail des enfants (French). PREM Notes ; no. 100. Gender Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/757871468313741571