Author:
Bilal Tariq Dr.,Rubab Sehar,Ahmad Dr. Dilshad,Chani Dr. Muhammad Irfan,Tanveer Ayman
Abstract
Lack of education and poverty are major factors contributing to child labor. A crucial component of economic and social growth is education of the society. This study contribution looks at how educating women affect child labor in South Asia. It used yearly data from 1990 to 2020. The Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) model use for short run and long run predictions. The significant impact of female education on reducing child labor, emphasizes the significance of participating in girls' education. Policies aimed at enhancing access to and quality of education for girls can help mitigate child labor by authorizing women and breaking poverty cycle. Development of Urban strategies must rank the providing of education, health and social security facilities to the residents of urban areas.
Publisher
Research for Humanity (Private) Limited
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