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Two Profiles of Child Labor in the Colombian Caribbean Coast: Children Relocated to Suburban Areas Compared to the Key Role of Social and Labor Characteristics of Mothers in Urban Settings

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Educational, economic, and labor-related causes of child labor are analyzed. A hierarchical segmentation analysis with a sample of 3259 families enrolled in an educational prevention program about child labor in the Colombian Caribbean Coast was conducted. The resulting model identified two child labor profiles. In families settled in a rural or suburban context, child labor is related to forced displacement in the last 5 years. In families living in the urban center, child labor is mainly associated to family income and maternal variables such as current employment status and educational level, and labor during her childhood.

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    In this regard, Bhalotra and Heady (2003) have objected to some of Basu and Van’ findings (1998) through their proposal of “the wealth paradox.” Through various observations in rural Ghana and Pakistan, they found that children of land-rich households are often more likely to work than those of land-poor households. Subsequently, they showed that this paradox applies only in the case of girls, but not boys.

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This article was written within the framework of the “Edúcame Primero Colombia” implemented in the Caribbean by the Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla), the Mamonal Foundation (Cartagena), and the Foundation for Child, Family and Community Development (Santa Marta) and financed by the US Department of Labor (DOL-IL-16574-07 5 K). In addition, scholarships for collaboration and exchange were provided by the Development Cooperation Office of the Universidad de Sevilla, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), and the childhood and youth strategic line of the Universidad del Norte. Article translated from Spanish by Monica Martinez Cudriz, Master’s degree in Translation and Intercultural Studies, Universidad de Sevilla, España.

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  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

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Holgado, D., Maya-Jariego, I., Palacio, J., Oviedo-Trespalacios, Ó. (2016). Two Profiles of Child Labor in the Colombian Caribbean Coast: Children Relocated to Suburban Areas Compared to the Key Role of Social and Labor Characteristics of Mothers in Urban Settings. In: Tonon, G. (eds) Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 62. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28842-0_11

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