An Empirical Analysis on the Trade-off between Schooling and Child Labor in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Aldaba, Fernando T, Lanzona, Leonardo A, Jr, Tamangan, Ronald J
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2004
• Subjects: Economics; Growth and Development
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/70; https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidspjd04-2childlabor.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In 1996, an award-winning documentary about child labor in the Philippines was shown on national television. The documentary, entitled Minsan lang sila bata, featured movingly how a semblance of childhood could be lost because of child labor.1 It aimed to present the sad plight of child laborers, gr...