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The state of child labor protections in 193 countries: Are countries living up to their international commitments?

de Guzman Chorny, Nicolas, Raub, Amy, Earle, Alison, Heymann, Jody·2019·International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
DOI 10.1108/ijssp-12-2018-0229
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Purpose: Nearly every country has committed to protect children from work that could be harmful or interfere with their education by ratifying the International Labour Organization Minimum Age Convention (C138). Yet there is little transparency and accountability around whether countries have followed through on these commitments by passing legislation to protect children from work. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reports on analyses conducted of child labor legislation from all 193 United Nations member states to determine whether countries that have committed to ending child labor have taken the first step by passing legislation to protect children and youth from: work that is likely to be hazardous, work that is likely to interfere with their education and work that is harmful to their healthy development. Findings: Findings show one in five ratifiers legally allow children to do hazardous work, and a similar number permit admission to employment at a young age. Moreover, legislative loopholes significantly undermine the protections that do exist in many countries. Originality/value: Existing reporting mechanisms sometimes obscure whether central legal protections are in place, make cross-country comparisons difficult and impede the analysis of possible relationships between policies and outcomes across countries. This paper illustrates a novel approach to provide transparency and accountability on whether countries are meeting child labor commitments by using quantitative, globally comparable policy indicators.

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  • The former category has been heavily codified in laws that largely prohibit both the activity and the product of that activity.

    “The former has been heavily codified in the form of laws that largely prohibit both the activity and the product of that activity (i.e., de Guzman Chorny et al., 2019).”

    From The Child Labor in Social Media: Kidfluencers, Ethics of Care, and Exploitation (2025) · cites this paper as de Guzman Chorny et al., 2019

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Authors
de Guzman Chorny, N., Raub, A., Earle, A., & Heymann, J.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2019-08-22
Volume
39
Issue
7/8
Pages
609-626
ISSN
0144-333X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/ijssp-12-2018-0229
OpenAlex
W2969802441
Cited by
14
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
FWCI
5.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
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Locations
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Labor and Employment Law
  • Social Sciences › Development › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Social Sciences › Law › Labor Law and Work Dynamics
Keywords
child labor, child labor legislation, occupational hazards, legal loopholes, transparency and accountability, policy indicators, cross-national comparison, child protection

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