Gonzalez, Francisco M.Rosales, Irving2026-07-142026-07-142016-01https://hdl.handle.net/10012/23735We argue that enforcing blanket child labor restrictions in developing economies, as advocated in the ILO Convention 138, is harmful even in the long run. The social return to child labor can be higher than its private return if laws against crime and laws in favor of compulsory education are not enforced, in which case child labor crowds out both child crime and crime against children.enchild laboreducationrule of lawinternational labor standardsPreprint