Child labour in cocoa growing regions of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire: an analysis of academic attainment in children engaged in hazardous labour.

• Main Authors: Lucy Pirkle (Author), Cathy Zimmerman (Author), Santadarshan Sadhu (Author), Kareem Kysia (Author), Meghna Ranganathan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACTThis paper examines the relationship between child labour and educational attainment and explores the distinction between harmful and non-harmful agricultural cocoa work. We conduct a secondary analysis of data on 3,338 children who reported attending school in 2018 across cocoa growing regi...