What are the main causes of child labour? Some of the major contributing factors to child labour include: Poverty. Children work for many reasons
Widespread poverty limited access to education
a company may cause a child labour impact through its own actions or decisions. employing children below the minimum age provided for in ilo convention no. 138.
Child labour is a complex phenomenon that has a multiplicity of causes among which poverty usually features first. It requires a comprehensive approach to
called for “research on child labour and forced labour and their root causes … pay[ing] particular attention to supply chains”. This report seeks to inform
Poverty is one of the main reasons of child labour. Due to economic crises adult workers are not paid enough to support their families
8 oct. 2013 Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) - Geneva: ILO 2013. ... purpose of child labour measurement. See “Resolution II
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_norm/@ipec/documents/publication/wcms_769352.pdf
three reasons viz less labour cost is involved
Causes of Child Labour. – A case study in Babati town Tanzania. Södertörn University College
Child labour is more prevalent among boys than girls at every age Percentage of children aged 5 to 17 years in child labour by age and sex Most children in child labour work within their own family unit17 3 Percentage distribution of children aged 5 to 17 years in child labour by World10 7 status at work
Part of the reason for viewing working child work as a moral issue is that parents may make decisions for children about whether and how children work without fully internalizing the costs of such activities
Child labour is usually associated with employment of children under conditions that are not appropriate for their age It is deemed to also include activities not directly related to economic production such as illicit activities performed by children (e g drug trafficking) or hazardous household chores
mechanisms that have the potential for reducing child labour without inducing further hardship 2 Child Labour in Africa (by S Bhalotra) This paper presents an overview of child labour in Africa It discusses the incidence and nature of child labour possible causes and actual and potential policy instruments It answers some questions and
Child labor is socially inef?cient when it has a suf?ciently adverseeffect on such ability but it may nevertheless persist either when parentsleave their children no bequests or when capital markets are imperfect Both of these circumstances imply that parents fail to internalize thesocially ef?cient trade-off between child labor and earning