Evolution of Child Labor Rate in Brazilian States: Policy Limits and Contradictions

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This study descriptively explores the evolution of child labor rates in Brazilian states, indicating specific limits and contradictions of governmental measures adopted for its reduction. On one hand, we examine the coverage of the Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer (PBF), which is a cross cutting program to reduce poverty. On the other hand, we examine the design of Labor Inspections with focus on child labor. For this purpose, we used data from the National Household Sample Survey, Ministry for Social Development and Ministry for Labor and Unemployment. Data analysis covers the periods between 2004-2009 and 2011-2014. We observed that both countermeasures have contradictory distributions as to the rate of child labor in states. Particularly, we found that the evolution of rates along this period engendered expressive limit to the PBF program as a measure to combat child labor.

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2022-04-01

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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2020):

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