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It's hard to lift the next generation out of poverty when children are working instead of going to school.
by qppo 6y ago
It's hard to lift the next generation out of poverty when children are working instead of going to school.
- toolz 6y agogot any examples of child labor leading to prolonged poverty? South Korea had tons of child labor just a generation ago and they quickly became a highly developed nation with maybe among the best healthcare in the world.
- qppo 6y agoInteresting how the decline of child labor in Korea is followed by a booming high tech economy while regions that remain affixed to the practice havent
- toolz 6y agothe rapid growth of wealth being closely (in timeline) associated with a decrease in child labor would suggest that wealth decreases child labor, not that the decrease of child labor increases wealth - as the mechanism for growth via children learning instead of working is a long term strategy.
- kobalsky 6y agois child labor legal in south korea now?