Abstract
Child labor remains a concern for policy makers considering its interrelations with human capital formation. Indeed, in Sub-Saharan Africa and particularly in Cote d'Ivoire, children are still on the labor market. Several factors explain this fact of setting children to work. Given this diversity of determinants of child labor, this study aims to show the effects of school resources on child labor. Therefore, we use the 2010 national survey data on child labor and education policies. From a bivariate probit model, the results showed that the availability of certain school resources as a canteen and a drinking water point in the school promotes the education of children and especially girls. On the contrary, their unavailability forces parents to put their children on labor market. Therefore, one of the major policies to be implemented is to improve the learning environment of children by building school canteens and drinking water point in schools. It's a new challenge for policy makers to effectively fight against child labor and reach the goal of education for all and of quality in 2030.
Highlights
Ensuring an education of quality and provide learning opportunities is one of the sustainable development gold
This article was intended to highlight the effects of school resources on child labor in Cote d’Ivoire
Given the debate on the definition of child labor, this analysis defines the concept in relation to hazardous work
Summary
Ensuring an education of quality and provide learning opportunities is one of the sustainable development gold. In Cote d’Ivoire, the problem of child labor is a major concern for years and generates debate in socio-political environments. This issue is the subject of discussion among scientists [1,2,3,4]. The national survey on the situation of employment and child labor 2013 (ENSETE 2013) showed that 20.9% of children aged 5-13 years were economically active [6]. These rates of labor imply that some children are deprived of educational opportunities. It is hard for these inequalities for some authors; child labor perpetuates poverty from generation to generation [8]
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