Child labor and poverty: a multidimensional approach

• Ano de defesa: 2021
• Autor(a) principal: Rebelo, Victor Lucas Taveira Mendes
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: eng
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Palavras-chave em Português: Trabalho infantil - Brasil; Pobreza - Estatísticas; Probabilidades; Crianças pobres - Condições sociais - Brasil; Crianças pobres - Condições econômicas - Brasil; Economia do Bem-Estar Social
• Link de acesso: https://locus.ufv.br//handle/123456789/28335

The present study aimed to analyze whether the multiple dimensions of household poverty can be related to the occurrence of child labor in Brazilian children aged 5 to 15 years. The economic literature provides a wide range of empirical and theoretical evidence regarding the influence of poverty on child labor. However, it is believed that there are intrinsic factors related to poverty that can also significantly explain the decision on the supply of child labor, such as high household density, lack of access to electricity, sewerage, treated water and durable goods like stove, refrigerator, television and microcomputer. In this work, we sought to incorporate the element of multidimensionality of poverty, through dimensions of household poverty in order to analyze how these deprivations are related to the likelihood of a child working or not. Based on data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) 2015, estimations were made via probit and linear probability model. The results obtained here reinforce the importance of combating child labor through poverty reduction, showing that a child free from all multiple deprivations is seven times less likely to be subjected to child labor than a child in the worst stratum. Keywords: Child Labor. Multidimensional Poverty. Probit. Multiple Deprivations.