Skip to page content
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Bookmark and Share
DOL Home > ILAB > ICLP

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

I. Introduction

A. Overview
B. The Worst Forms of Child Labor
C. The Relationship between Child Labor and Schooling
D. The Value of Investing in Children

II. The Economic Cost of Child Labor

A. Introduction
B. Education as an Investment
C. Education and Macroeconomic Growth
D. The Effect on Trade of Ending Child Labor and Promoting Education
E. Summary and Conclusions

III. Why Children Work

A. Introduction
B. Poverty of Resources
C. Poverty of Opportunities
D. Availability of Work
E. Conclusions

IV. Knocking Down the Barriers

A. Introduction
B. Overcoming a Poverty of Resources
C. Overcoming a Poverty of Opportunities
D. Availability of Work
E. Multi-Faceted Approaches to Addressing Child Labor
F. Conclusion

V. Conclusion

A. The Economic Cost of Child Labor
B. Why Children Work
C. Knocking Down the Barriers
D. Final Comments

VII. Appendices

Appendix A: The Economic Costs of Child Labor, Technical Companion to Chapter II

Appendix B: Tabulated Child Labor Data

List of Tables and Boxes

ILO-sponsored and LSMS Country Data Tabulations