Child Labor: Lessons from the Historical Experience of Today's Industrial Economies.

Child labor was more prevalent in 19th-century industrializers than it is in developing countries today. It was particularly extensive in the earliest industrializers. This pattern may be a source of optimism signaling the spread of technologies that have little use for child labor and of values tha...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Humphries, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2003