Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of Education
The notion of child labor has disquieted the researcher. This paper highlights the impact of poverty, unemployment and social progress on child labor based on data from 30 countries to ascertain that incidence of child labor may be high with high level of poverty and unemployment along with low leve...
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| description | The notion of child labor has disquieted the researcher. This paper highlights the impact of poverty, unemployment and social progress on child labor based on data from 30 countries to ascertain that incidence of child labor may be high with high level of poverty and unemployment along with low level of social progress and educational attainment. The results reveal that poverty has a positive while social progress and unemployment has negative relation with child labor. Moreover, education moderates the causal effects of social progress on child labor, while social progress also mediates the relationship between poverty and child labor.
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| spelling | doaj.art-46d06c0f598d42959a53120b8533d5f22022-12-22T01:42:54ZengUniversity of Management and TechnologyJournal of Management and Research2218-27052519-79242017-12-014210.29145/mr/42/040205Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of EducationMohammad Ali Haider Chauhan0Noor ul Ain1University of Management and Technology, Lahore, PakistanUniversity of Management and Technology, Lahore, PakistanThe notion of child labor has disquieted the researcher. This paper highlights the impact of poverty, unemployment and social progress on child labor based on data from 30 countries to ascertain that incidence of child labor may be high with high level of poverty and unemployment along with low level of social progress and educational attainment. The results reveal that poverty has a positive while social progress and unemployment has negative relation with child labor. Moreover, education moderates the causal effects of social progress on child labor, while social progress also mediates the relationship between poverty and child labor. https://ojs.umt.edu.pk/index.php/jmr/article/view/220child laborpoverty, social progressunemploymenteducationeconomic development |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Ali Haider Chauhan Noor ul Ain Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of Education Journal of Management and Research child labor poverty, social progress unemployment education economic development |
| title | Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of Education |
| title_full | Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of Education |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of Education |
| title_short | Socio-Economic Factors in Child Labor: Moderating Role of Education |
| title_sort | socio economic factors in child labor moderating role of education |
| topic | child labor poverty, social progress unemployment education economic development |
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