Evaluating the motives of child labourers in the informal economy

• Main Authors: Aamar Ilyas, Muhammad Shehryar Shahid, Ramraini Ali Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: HB Economic theory. Demography; HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25695/1/Evaluating%20the%20motives%20of%20child%20labourers%20in%20the%20informal%20economy.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25695/; https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2019-0001

Conventionally, the marginalised population was considered to engage in child labour due to poverty, education or lack of other options, but indeed, a few children work voluntarily. However, a growing number of scholars, in recent years, have drawn their attention to the valuable question, “why chil...