Intergenerational Persistence of Child Labor in Brazil

Aransiola, Temidayo James; Justus, Marcelo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70055-7_44

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“…The cross-sectional design of most studies limits the causal interpretation of their findings [16]. Among the few studies that have been conducted, emotional disorders are found to be more common among child laborers than non-laborers [17][18][19][20]. Time spent on hard and repetitive work, over which children have little control, is identified as a cause of demoralization [21] and exhaustion [22].…”

Section: Study Of Working Children's Wellbeingmentioning

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Child Labor and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Findings from Ethiopia

d’Andon

Greene

Pellenq

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For children who work, there has been little research into the intricate relationship between their home lives and their work lives and the implications that this relationship might hold for their psychosocial development and functioning. This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Amhara region, Ethiopia, between March and April 2020 on a sample of 1311 working children with the aim, in part, of exploring ways in which various dimensions of children’s psychological wellbeing are influenced by their working conditions and their family contexts. In addition to collecting data on some personal traits, family relationships, home environments, and detailed occupational characteristics, we gathered information on psychosocial wellbeing using 22 items from the Instrument for the Psychosocial Assessment of Working Children (IPAC). Exploratory factor analysis enabled us to identify five factors characterizing the dimensions of psychosocial wellbeing: work-related self-esteem, work-related stress, workplace supervision, emotional and somatic wellbeing, and self-determination. Linear regressions of these factors were then conducted on social, occupational, and environmental variables. We found that all dimensions of psychosocial wellbeing were significantly associated with the children’s working conditions. Of particular interest, work-related dimensions of wellbeing, such as stress, self-esteem, and supervision, were significantly associated with the characteristics of the home and family environment. These findings illustrate that work and working conditions must be considered jointly, along with family life and home environments, as factors in both environments affect working children’s socioemotional development and wellbeing. They also strengthen the call for a systemic approach to protecting children involved in child labor, in which families are central to all discussions.

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Child Labor and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Findings from Ethiopia

d’Andon

Greene

Pellenq

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“…The nexus between parental education and child labor deserves close research attention due to strong intergenerational persistence in child labor among low-income households (Aransiola and Justus, 2018;Emerson and Souza, 2003). Educated parents typically demonstrate a proclivity for investing in their children's education, which could rival alternative uses of the child's time such as child labor work.…”

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Parental Educational Attainment and Child Labor: Evidence From Malawi

Abaidoo

2024

J. Agric. Appl. Econ.

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This paper examines child labor response to parental education. Prior studies present anecdotal evidence with a causal interpretation of this relationship rarely explored. Hence, conditional on a range of parental characteristics and multigenerational co-residence, I use as a set of instruments grandparents’ educational attainment to exploit plausibly exogenous variation in parents’ schooling. I generally find evidence of a negative parental education impact on child labor outcomes. The effect of maternal education on household farm work, however, is not significant. With respect to potential mechanisms, the results suggest that engagement in nonfarm employment pursuits among educated parents may mediate these effects.

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Intergenerational Persistence of Child Labor in Brazil

Cited by 2 publications

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Child Labor and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Findings from Ethiopia

Child Labor and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Findings from Ethiopia

Parental Educational Attainment and Child Labor: Evidence From Malawi

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