Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics?
The consequences of the recent pandemic have been disproportionately disruptive to several social groups, including children. As developing economies have been firefighting the recent pandemic, the welfare of minors could be affected and children’s economic exploitation and abuse could increase. The...
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| description | The consequences of the recent pandemic have been disproportionately disruptive to several social groups, including children. As developing economies have been firefighting the recent pandemic, the welfare of minors could be affected and children’s economic exploitation and abuse could increase. Therefore, the present research aims to shed light on and to investigate the association between child labour in developing countries and pandemics, including the coronavirus, through conducting a systematic literature review on previous empirical studies. The present research concludes that previous studies on non-COVID-19 pandemics have mainly focused on the African economies, while studies on the recent pandemic have focused on Asian countries. In addition, differences were observed in relation to the methodological approaches and the characteristics of minor employees and the protection services in certain countries have proven to be insufficient. Suggestions for future research and policy implications are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9547675c7c1b473185f7473bde934a8c2023-11-22T15:17:06ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602021-08-0110932110.3390/socsci10090321Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics?Polyxeni Kechagia0Theodore Metaxas1Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, 38333 Volos, GreeceDepartment of Economics, University of Thessaly, 38333 Volos, GreeceThe consequences of the recent pandemic have been disproportionately disruptive to several social groups, including children. As developing economies have been firefighting the recent pandemic, the welfare of minors could be affected and children’s economic exploitation and abuse could increase. Therefore, the present research aims to shed light on and to investigate the association between child labour in developing countries and pandemics, including the coronavirus, through conducting a systematic literature review on previous empirical studies. The present research concludes that previous studies on non-COVID-19 pandemics have mainly focused on the African economies, while studies on the recent pandemic have focused on Asian countries. In addition, differences were observed in relation to the methodological approaches and the characteristics of minor employees and the protection services in certain countries have proven to be insufficient. Suggestions for future research and policy implications are presented.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/9/321child labourdeveloping countriespandemicsepidemicsCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Polyxeni Kechagia Theodore Metaxas Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics? Social Sciences child labour developing countries pandemics epidemics COVID-19 |
| title | Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics? |
| title_full | Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics? |
| title_fullStr | Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics? |
| title_short | Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics? |
| title_sort | are working children in developing countries hidden victims of pandemics |
| topic | child labour developing countries pandemics epidemics COVID-19 |
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