Intermittent child employment and its implications for estimates of child labour

: Using longitudinal data from urban Brazil, the authors track the employment patterns of thousands of children aged 10‐16 during four months of their lives in the 1980s and 1990s. The proportion of children who work at some point during a four‐month period is substantially higher than the fraction...

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Published in:International labour review 2007-01, Vol.146 (3-4), p.217-251
Main Authors: LEVISON, Deborah, HOEK, Jasper, LAM, David, DURYEA, Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brazil
Case Studies
Child labor
Child labour
child worker
children
Children & youth
Developed Nations
Developing countries
Employment
Employment Level
Employment Patterns
Estimates
Factories
Households
Human Capital
International Labour Organization
Labor force
Labour market
Labour relations
LDCs
Longitudinal studies
National Surveys
Pattern analysis
Socioeconomic factors
Studies
Temporary employment
urban area
Urban areas
Workers
Working conditions
Youth
Youth Employment
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Summary:: Using longitudinal data from urban Brazil, the authors track the employment patterns of thousands of children aged 10‐16 during four months of their lives in the 1980s and 1990s. The proportion of children who work at some point during a four‐month period is substantially higher than the fraction observed working in any single month. The authors calculate an intermittency multiplier to summarize the difference between employment rates in one reference week vs. four reference weeks over a four‐month period. They conclude that intermittent employment is a crucial characteristic of child labour which must be recognized to capture levels of child employment adequately and identify child workers.
ISSN:0020-7780
1564-913X
DOI:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2007.00014.x