Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91362 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 1506
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
In this study, we documented the progress occurred in the country in reducing child labor between 1992 and 2008, and the challenges that still need to be met to their complete eradication. Brazil has been successful in adopting policies focused to eliminate child labor which has declined sharply since the early 90s. Despite the improvement in socioeconomic conditions of households, specific policies aimed at eradicating child labor have been the most relevant factor to reduce the prevalence of children in the labor market, accounting for more than 80% of the decline in child labor in 15 years. But despite all the progress, the number of working children is still high and the incidence is much greater in lower socioeconomic groups, where the incidence of child labor is four times the national average.
JEL: 
I29
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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