Question

How does child labor affect the development of states?

Answer 1

Hence, the more child workers in the economy, the lower the wages of jobs that children engage in (unskilled work). This creates a cycle of poverty: child labor leads to low wages, which leads to the need for more income in poor households, which leads to the need for child labor.

Answer 2

Child labour forces children to work in hazardous and traumatic conditions with poor hygiene that affects their productivity in the future, negatively affecting the nation's long term health. ... This chasm causes the rich to get richer, while the poor spiral deeper into poverty.