Child Trafficking: ‘Worst Form’ of Child Labour, or Worst Approach to Young Migrants?

Selection into Worst Forms of Child Labor

Little is known about why children participate in activities that are labeled worst forms of child labor. Case-control approaches common in medicine are adapted to consider the correlates of participation in worst forms in the context of two worst forms of child labor in Nepal: portering and ragpicking. Paternal disability is a strong predictor of entry into each of the worst forms, and the pre...

Infant and Young Child Feeding: a Key area to Improve Child Health

  Good nutrition is essential for survival, physical growth, mental development, performance, productivity, health and well-being across the entire life-span: from the earliest stages of fetal development, at birth, and through infancy, childhood, adolescence and on into adulthood. Poor nutrition in the first 1,000 days of children’s lives can have irreversible consequences. For millions of chi...

The worst doctor in the worst clinic.

The Best of the Worst or The Worst of the Best

This research examines whether a low-status member in a high-status category (e.g., a low-end Audi) or a high-status member in a low-status category (e.g., a high-end Volkswagen) is favored when they are evaluated separately, holding the objective value of these items constant. Based on the research on brand equity, one might expect that an option introduced under a higher quality brand would g...

The Supply of Child Labour

The Supply of Child Labour The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated with the worst forms of child exploitation. The analysis is positive, but ...