Why Johnny Can't Work. Douglas Clement.
by Clement, Douglas; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 55Business. Publisher: Region, 2005ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Child labor | Child labor -- Developing countries | Child labor -- Law and legislation | Fertility -- Human -- StatisticsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Child labor. To those in industrialized nations, the phrase conjures Dickensian imagery of small children suffering as they toil ceaselessly in dingy factories in London. In the United States, as well, child labor was once widespread. In 1820, children constituted nearly 35 percent of the workforce in large manufacturing firms in the Northeast. In 1900, three-quarters of North Carolina's cotton mill spinners were under 14. But as we enter the 21st century, these depressing images have faded to sepia. Child labor regulations were enacted decades ago in developed nations, and while children still work, their hours and activities have been severely curtailed by both custom and law. A modern-day Dickens would be hard-pressed to find Oliver Twist in contemporary England, and Horatio Alger's boys would be writing papers, not selling them." (REGION) The author discusses "a theory of why countries do (or don't) restrict child labor. And what it may tell us about the true wealth of nations."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Why Johnny Can't Work, June 2005; pp. 32-40.
"Child labor. To those in industrialized nations, the phrase conjures Dickensian imagery of small children suffering as they toil ceaselessly in dingy factories in London. In the United States, as well, child labor was once widespread. In 1820, children constituted nearly 35 percent of the workforce in large manufacturing firms in the Northeast. In 1900, three-quarters of North Carolina's cotton mill spinners were under 14. But as we enter the 21st century, these depressing images have faded to sepia. Child labor regulations were enacted decades ago in developed nations, and while children still work, their hours and activities have been severely curtailed by both custom and law. A modern-day Dickens would be hard-pressed to find Oliver Twist in contemporary England, and Horatio Alger's boys would be writing papers, not selling them." (REGION) The author discusses "a theory of why countries do (or don't) restrict child labor. And what it may tell us about the true wealth of nations."
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