THE DECLINE OF CHILD LABOR IN THE UNITED-STATES FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CANNING INDUSTRY - LAW OR ECONOMICS

被引:19
作者
BROWN, M
CHRISTIANSEN, J
PHILIPS, P
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[1] MT HOLYOKE COLL,S HADLEY,MA 01075
[2] UNIV UTAH,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84112
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10.2307/3116845
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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Child labor in the U.S. economy declined significantly between 1880 and 1920. This case study of the fruit and vegetable canning industry examines variations in laws, technology, and income across states and time to assess the relative importance of legal and economic factors in reducing the employment of children. The authors find that economic factors, especially a technologically driven shift toward a greater demand for adult labor, were relatively more important. While economic development was often a precondition for legal restrictions on child labor, compulsory schooling and child labor laws restricted the employment of children in technologically backward canneries.
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页数:48
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