Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam

Vietnam experienced a dramatic decline in child labor during the 1990s. The authors explore this decline in detail and document the heterogeneity across households in both levels of child labor and in the incidence of this decline in child labor. T...

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Main Authors:	Edmonds, Eric, Turk, Carrie
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADOLESCENTS AGE GROUPS CHILD LABOR CHILD PROSTITUTION CHILD PROTECTION CHILDHOOD CONSENT CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CURRICULUM EDUCATION SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES FORMAL LABOR MARKET GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HOURS OF WORK LEARNING LEGISLATION LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS MINORITY CHILDREN MISSING CHILDREN MORTALITY NET ENROLLMENT OCCUPATIONS OLDER CHILDREN PARENTS PARTICIPATION RATES POOR CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PROSTITUTION PROTECTING CHILDREN RIGHT OF THE CHILD RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RURAL AREAS SCAVENGING SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES STREET CHILDREN UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VULNERABLE CHILDREN WAGES WORKERS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNGER SIBLINGS YOUTH CHILD LABOR STANDARD OF LIVING ETHNIC GROUPS MINORITY GROUPS MIGRANTS VULNERABLE GROUPS REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY NONFARM ENTERPRISES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703252/child-labor-transition-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15735

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spelling	okr-10986-157352021-04-23T14:03:19Z Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam Edmonds, Eric Turk, Carrie ADOLESCENTS AGE GROUPS CHILD LABOR CHILD PROSTITUTION CHILD PROTECTION CHILDHOOD CONSENT CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CURRICULUM EDUCATION SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES FORMAL LABOR MARKET GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HOURS OF WORK LEARNING LEGISLATION LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS MINORITY CHILDREN MISSING CHILDREN MORTALITY NET ENROLLMENT OCCUPATIONS OLDER CHILDREN PARENTS PARTICIPATION RATES POOR CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PROSTITUTION PROTECTING CHILDREN RIGHT OF THE CHILD RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RURAL AREAS SCAVENGING SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES STREET CHILDREN UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VULNERABLE CHILDREN WAGES WORKERS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNGER SIBLINGS YOUTH CHILD LABOR STANDARD OF LIVING ETHNIC GROUPS MINORITY GROUPS MIGRANTS VULNERABLE GROUPS REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY NONFARM ENTERPRISES Vietnam experienced a dramatic decline in child labor during the 1990s. The authors explore this decline in detail and document the heterogeneity across households in both levels of child labor and in the incidence of this decline in child labor. The authors find a strong correlation between living standards improvements and child labor so that much of the variation in declines in child labor can be explained by variation in living standards improvements. Ethnic minority children and the children of recent migrants appear to remain particularly vulnerable even by the late 1990s. Children of all ethnicities in the Central Highlands appear to have missed many of the improvements in the 1990s, while children in the rural Mekong and in Provincial Towns have experienced the largest declines in child labor. The results suggest embedding efforts against child labor within an overall antipoverty program. The authors find that the opening or closing of household enterprises seems to be associated with increases in child labor. So attention should be devoted to the activities of children in the government's current program to stimulate nonfarm enterprises. 2013-09-09T20:33:30Z 2013-09-09T20:33:30Z 2002-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703252/child-labor-transition-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15735 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;2774 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic	ADOLESCENTS AGE GROUPS CHILD LABOR CHILD PROSTITUTION CHILD PROTECTION CHILDHOOD CONSENT CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CURRICULUM EDUCATION SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES FORMAL LABOR MARKET GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HOURS OF WORK LEARNING LEGISLATION LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS MINORITY CHILDREN MISSING CHILDREN MORTALITY NET ENROLLMENT OCCUPATIONS OLDER CHILDREN PARENTS PARTICIPATION RATES POOR CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PROSTITUTION PROTECTING CHILDREN RIGHT OF THE CHILD RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RURAL AREAS SCAVENGING SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES STREET CHILDREN UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VULNERABLE CHILDREN WAGES WORKERS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNGER SIBLINGS YOUTH CHILD LABOR STANDARD OF LIVING ETHNIC GROUPS MINORITY GROUPS MIGRANTS VULNERABLE GROUPS REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY NONFARM ENTERPRISES
spellingShingle	ADOLESCENTS AGE GROUPS CHILD LABOR CHILD PROSTITUTION CHILD PROTECTION CHILDHOOD CONSENT CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CURRICULUM EDUCATION SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES FORMAL LABOR MARKET GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HOURS OF WORK LEARNING LEGISLATION LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS MINORITY CHILDREN MISSING CHILDREN MORTALITY NET ENROLLMENT OCCUPATIONS OLDER CHILDREN PARENTS PARTICIPATION RATES POOR CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL PROSTITUTION PROTECTING CHILDREN RIGHT OF THE CHILD RIGHTS OF CHILDREN RURAL AREAS SCAVENGING SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES STREET CHILDREN UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VULNERABLE CHILDREN WAGES WORKERS WORKING CHILDREN WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNGER SIBLINGS YOUTH CHILD LABOR STANDARD OF LIVING ETHNIC GROUPS MINORITY GROUPS MIGRANTS VULNERABLE GROUPS REGIONAL DISPARITY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY NONFARM ENTERPRISES Edmonds, Eric Turk, Carrie Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
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description	Vietnam experienced a dramatic decline in child labor during the 1990s. The authors explore this decline in detail and document the heterogeneity across households in both levels of child labor and in the incidence of this decline in child labor. The authors find a strong correlation between living standards improvements and child labor so that much of the variation in declines in child labor can be explained by variation in living standards improvements. Ethnic minority children and the children of recent migrants appear to remain particularly vulnerable even by the late 1990s. Children of all ethnicities in the Central Highlands appear to have missed many of the improvements in the 1990s, while children in the rural Mekong and in Provincial Towns have experienced the largest declines in child labor. The results suggest embedding efforts against child labor within an overall antipoverty program. The authors find that the opening or closing of household enterprises seems to be associated with increases in child labor. So attention should be devoted to the activities of children in the government's current program to stimulate nonfarm enterprises.
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author	Edmonds, Eric Turk, Carrie
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title	Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_short	Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_full	Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_fullStr	Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam
title_sort	child labor in transition in vietnam
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1703252/child-labor-transition-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15735
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Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam

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