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Child Labour

The View from the North

JIM McKECHNIE

University of Paisley, Scotland jim.mckechnie{at}wpmail.paisley.ac.uk

SANDY HOBBS

University of Paisley, Scotland

Child labour has been discussed mainly within the context of the economically underdeveloped countries. In reporting British research findings the article challenges this bias and argues that child employment is evident within the developed countries, but that it has become largely `invisible'. It is argued that by researching child workers in the developed countries, our understanding of this phenomenon globally will be enhanced. This is discussed with reference to the positive and negative effects of employment, challenges to the child labour/child work dichotomy, and the debates about the underlying causes of employment among children.

Key Words: child labour • Europe • impact of employment

Childhood, Vol. 6, No. 1, 89-100 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0907568299006001007
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