Economic and Cultural Forces in the Child Labour Debate: Evidence from Urban Bangladesh
研究利用达卡贫民窟数据，发现家庭贫困和收入稳定性是童工的重要经济决定因素，但文化因素（如性别规范、年龄从属和反对懒惰的文化）同样关键，对理解童工成因和制定政策有参考价值。
The relative influence of economic and cultural forces is a key area of debate amongst those exploring the causes of child work, and in wider discourse on household labour deployment. Data from Dhaka slums suggest that household poverty and income stability are important economic determinants of children's work. However, economic forces alone cannot explain child-work deployment. Evidence on the availability of adult household members to replace child contributions, and on gender and age differentials in household labour deployment, point towards the importance of cultural factors. Key cultural determinants of children's work include gender norms, age subordination and the cultural importance of avoiding idleness.