The Politics of Child Labour in Indonesia
Global Trends and Domestic Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2845500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bessell (0000-0002-2969-0389, Australian National University, corresponding author), Sharon Bessell |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2672226 |
| OpenAlex | W2332864271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Indonesia in 1949 prohibited under 15 from working. But in 1987, to attract more investment, the country abolished this prohibition for children forced to work for social or economic reasons. By 1991, there were 2.8 million Indonesian bonded to factories that is, mortgaged by parents to employers. U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor recently announced that Indonesia would be given six months to improve worker-rights guarantees or lose dutyfree preferences in the U.S. market... Global agreements or U.S. trade law could increase the pressure to ban child labor
Child labour · Development economics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Work (physics) · Asian Studies and History · Engineering · Law
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2011 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |