Child labor and poverty transmission : no room for dreams

Abstract EN

It is widely believed that poverty is the main reason for child labor.

Children work to ensure the survival of their families and themselves.

However, little is known about the impact of child labor on poverty transmission.

This paper explores the transmission of poverty through child labor.

The main findings of the paper are that parents who were child laborers themselves are more likely to send their children out to work.

Children are twice as likely to work if their parents were child laborers.

Thus, the results suggest that child labor perpetuates inter-generational poverty.