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child labor  

Definition

  • Children have been used as cheap labor from the earliest times of human existence. Historically children were viewed by parents as a source of labor on farms or in areas of “woman's work.” Grown children were the “social security” of their parents for whom they would provide. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Child Labor]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CT35JN9L-K

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