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I've just been reading a quite interesting article about child labor (and how to fight it) by Matthias Doepke/ University of Illinois... article here
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Originally Posted By: M.D.Rich-country governments and consumer groups pressure poor countries to discourage child labour through boycotts and international labour standards. Yet child labour continues unabated. This column suggests international activism may be partially to blame, because reducing the use of child labour in the formal sector decreases domestic pressures to prohibit it throughout the economy.
Many children in India are working in many areas of every days life. They are subject of exploitation (and abuse)... I always felt discomfort observing this practice.
Over the years my attitude towards it has somehow changed. Child labor is still better than child prostitution and it is better than letting them go stealing or do other criminal activities (the amount of teen drug dealers here in Berlin has risen significantly over recent years as police cannot arrest minors <14yrs).
I never really enjoyed the illusion that buying products labeled "no child labor" would effectively fight the problem as such, I did because it made me feel better about myself. Now reading this article I get to think again.
Originally Posted By: MDThe effects of international interventions on developing countries today stand in sharp contrast to the situation in which child-labour laws were passed in Western Europe in the nineteenth century. In Europe, comprehensive child-labour restrictions were adopted precisely when children were moving from the family farm and workshop into formal employment in mills, mines, and factories, where they worked alongside adults. It was this direct competition between adult workers and children that motivated unions to oppose child labour.
International interventions in developing countries today shift working children instead from formal employment back to the informal sector, undermining prospects for political reform. Thus, international policies aimed at reducing child labour may achieve the opposite of their intended effect.
I've just been reading a quite interesting article about child labor (and how to fight it) by Matthias Doepke/ University of Illinois... article here
excerpt:
Originally Posted By: M.D.Rich-country governments and consumer groups pressure poor countries to discourage child labour through boycotts and international labour standards. Yet child labour continues unabated. This column suggests international activism may be partially to blame, because reducing the use of child labour in the formal sector decreases domestic pressures to prohibit it throughout the economy.
Many children in India are working in many areas of every days life. They are subject of exploitation (and abuse)... I always felt discomfort observing this practice.
Over the years my attitude towards it has somehow changed. Child labor is still better than child prostitution and it is better than letting them go stealing or do other criminal activities (the amount of teen drug dealers here in Berlin has risen significantly over recent years as police cannot arrest minors <14yrs).
I never really enjoyed the illusion that buying products labeled "no child labor" would effectively fight the problem as such, I did because it made me feel better about myself. Now reading this article I get to think again.
Originally Posted By: MDThe effects of international interventions on developing countries today stand in sharp contrast to the situation in which child-labour laws were passed in Western Europe in the nineteenth century. In Europe, comprehensive child-labour restrictions were adopted precisely when children were moving from the family farm and workshop into formal employment in mills, mines, and factories, where they worked alongside adults. It was this direct competition between adult workers and children that motivated unions to oppose child labour.
International interventions in developing countries today shift working children instead from formal employment back to the informal sector, undermining prospects for political reform. Thus, international policies aimed at reducing child labour may achieve the opposite of their intended effect.
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sounds like an interesting read for a later time
sounds like an interesting read for a later time
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