Dartmouth College

Department of Economics

Child labor related essays, surveys, and links.  See publications and working papers for specific research papers

A survey of the child labor literature in economics aimed at graduate students interested in child labor, January 2007 (minor revisions, June 2007). Published in the Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4.

An accessible description of recent research on how international trade influences child labor in poor countries, VoxEU.org, July 19, 2007

A concise description of the economics literature on child labor with a focus on international issues, presumes some background in economics, commissioned for  The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, April 2007

An essay aimed at educated readers with little formal economics background, commissioned for  The Child Labor World Atlas, May 2007

A non-technical summary of recent research on child labor and trade reform in India, VoxEU.org, May 28, 2008

Trade and Child Labour   (with N. Pavcnik)

Eric V. Edmonds, Child Labor Research

A commissioned essay for a U.S. State Department publication, Ending Abusive Child Labor, May 2005

An introduction to the child labor literature in economics aimed at an academic audience, Journal of Economic Perspectives 18(1), Winter 2005, 199-220

Child Labor in the Global Economy  (with N. Pavcnik)

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