【摘要】 对于童工问题,以往的研究大多以童工本人或其家庭、学校和市场环境作为分析对象,强调贫困对儿童教育的伤害,忽视了教育本身对于受教育者的经济意义,尤其是教育作为一种人力资本投资在经济上的合理性。本文的分析表明,对落后地区的家庭而言,由于中等教育阶段的成本增加而收益下降,使得其收益率较低,缺乏投资上的吸引力,进而导致失学和童工问题。鉴于问题的复杂性,必须将各种法规和措施结合在一起,综合治理,降低贫困家庭中等教育的成本,才有可能突破这一“瓶颈”,最终减少和消除童工。更多还原

【Abstract】 This article argues that for families in poor areas secondary education becomes less and less attractive because of increasing costs and decreasing returns; this in turn gives rise to dropout and child labor problems. Taking the complexity of child labor into account, this research suggests that reducing the costs of secondary education through regulation and other measures is the solution for limiting and eliminating child labor.更多还原