Illegal child labor in the United States: prevalence and characteristics.
Using the Current Population Survey, the National Longitudinal Survey, and other sources, the authors provide the first comprehensive estimates of the number of minors working in violation of federal and state child labor laws (working excessive hours or in hazardous occupations), their characterist...
| Published in: | Industrial & Labor Relations Review Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 17 - 41 |
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Cornell University
October 2000
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