Estimates the relationship between education and disability adjusted life years (DALY) using World Bank data. Presents tables and charts that illustrate the dangers that children face at work on a daily basis in a variety of occupations and sectors in both developed and developing countries....

Reviews and reflects on recent publications on the relationship between industrialization and child labour in the western world from the 18th to the early 20th centuries.

Deals with the linkages among growth, employment and environmental pollution or degradation, by analysing the national press coverage of environmental issues. Takes into account political and socioeconomic transformations from 1973 to 1992.

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on implications of rural area labour market characteristics for child labour and fertility behaviour in South East Asia, esp. Bangladesh - illustrates, with a village case study, the impact of wage rates, seasonal unemployment, nonfarm employment employment...