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Development economics

work by children, which households supply mainly when adult income is too low, so it falls as family income rises.

In development economics, child labor refers to work by children, which households supply mainly when adult income is too low, so it falls as family income rises. This meaning comes from Basu (1999) in Journal of Economic Literature.[1]

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References

Basu, K. (1999). Child Labor: Cause, Consequence, and Cure, with Remarks on International Labor Standards. Journal of Economic Literature, 37(3), 1083-1119. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.37.3.1083

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