The Determinants of Child Labor and Schooling in the Philippines
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Stanford University, Department of Economics, Honors Theses
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One study details the history of child labor in the Philippines, demonstrating how children's labor has been used and exploited in the country since Spanish colonization. Some of the...
Although there is no specific data available on the number of children working in women’s enterprises, the Philippines 2011 Survey on Children indicates that two-thirds of child laborers ages 5 to 14 engaged in unpaid family work, including in family businesses.
Children in the Philippines are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking, and in armed conflict. Children also perform dangerous tasks in agriculture and gold mining.
Children in the Philippines engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking, and in armed conflict.
Child labour in the Philippines continues to affect an estimated 2.1 million children aged 5-17 years, about eight percent of this age group, according to the results of the Philippines 2011 Survey on
The Philippines Country Report examines the related issues of child labour and youth employment in the context of the Philippines. Guided by observed outcomes in terms of schooling, work activities and status in the labour market, the report considers the economic as well as the social determinants of child labour and youth employment.
A review of the international and national policies operating in the Philippines concerning child labor is conducted to identify best practices and replicable approaches as well as to...
This paper analyses the supply-side socioeconomic determinants of child labour in the Philippines using data from the National Household Survey and the Labour Force Survey of the...
In the Philippines, child labor is defined in Republic Act No.7658 as “illegal employment of children below the age of fifteen [years], where they are not directly under the sole responsibility of their parents or legal guardian, or the latter employs other workers apart from their children, who are not members of their families, or their work e...
My thesis adds to the empirical work on child labor by investigating what household and community characteristics are most common among working children in the Philippines, using data collected by the International Labour Organization.