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Child Labor: History, Process, and Consequences

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Synonyms

Child labor; Child rights; International Labor Organization (ILO); United Nations (UN)

Definition

Generally, child labor refers to the working child.

Child labor is a synonym for employed or working child who has been engaged for income generation.

Child labor refers to exploitation of children from enjoying their basic human rights.

Introduction

Child labor is a contesting topic in social science research. The topic has strong implications for promoting children’s well-being, as earlier research concluded that child labor creates serious consequences on physical, social, and psychological development of children. Child labor affects access to educational institutions and academic performance; thus, it has negative consequences on the cognitive development of children. It is further added that these results may last for a long time. At micro level, these devastating effects on children affect their welfare at household level (Tang et al. 2016). At the macro level, child labor...

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  1. Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

    Md Nurul Momen

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

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Momen, M.N. (2020). Child Labor: History, Process, and Consequences. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_30-1

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