Current legislative proposals consider amendments to child labor laws for U.S. agriculture. Similar amendments, however, have been unsuccessful recently. Using the National Agricultural Workers Survey, we show that child labor is still substantial in the modern U.S. despite some decreases over...

This study provides the first comprehensive estimates of children and youth working under conditions that violate federal and state child labor laws. Using the CPS, NLS, and other sources, it is estimated that 148,000 minors are employed illegally in an average week working too many hours or in...

The purpose of this article is to bring awareness to the fact that one of the worst forms of child labor is tolerated in our country. The article will focus on the agricultural sector and, more specifically, on the children who toil in U.S. fields. Part I of the Article sets forth a general...