Goulart, Pedro; Bedi, Arjun Singh - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2007
This paper uses historical and current data covering the period 1850 to 2001 to provide a history of child labour in …-1986 decline in child labour which is interpreted in terms of the cascading effect of policies that operated synchronously … and compulsory schooling laws do help reduce child labour, no single legislation or policy is likely to be effective …