This study aimed to know how and what factors have contributed to changing the patterns and perspectives of the employment of children over the last 15 years. Based on in-depth research on 120 children and 40 employers of child labour in a Dhaka slum and a rural community in the poor northern district of Nilphamari this paper articulates employers’ perspectives on child labour, with particular emphasis on understanding what factors have caused them to change their own practices over time. The paper addresses four main issues: a) why employers depend on child labour; b) how the types and forms of children’s employment are believed to have changed over the last 15 years; c) factors that employers believe have contributed to these changes, and d) how employers are adapting to the changing situation with respect to the employment of children. The key factors behind changes in how children are employed over the last 15 years have been economic growth and diversification, and rising educational opportunities.
Authors: Tariquzzaman, Sk.; Kaiser, Elma
Type: Monograph
Year: 2008
