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Title: | Explaining the High Incidence of Child Labour in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Author: | Admassie, Assefa |
Year: | 2002 |
Periodical: | African Development Review |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 251-275 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Subsaharan Africa Africa |
Subjects: | child labour Labor and Employment Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology |
External link: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8268.00054/pdf |
Abstract: | This study examines the link between children's labour force participation and some macroeconomic variables using aggregated data from sub-Saharan Africa. The results show that the high incidence of child labour in sub-Saharan Africa can be explained, amongst others, in terms of the high incidence of poverty, the predominance of a poorly developed agricultural sector, high fertility rates leading to high population growth, and low education participation. Contrary to some recent arguments, which have questioned the direct link between poverty and child labour, the results of this study show that poverty is indeed one of the most important reasons for the high incidence of child labour in Africa. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited] |