Child Street Labor in Brazil: Licit and Illicit Economies in the Eyes of Marginalized Youth.

The article discusses the perspective of child street laborers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the context of the Operation Shock Order policing campaign. It is said that children selling goods in public spaces have had their right to do so restricted and that many have joined drug gangs instead in order to earn money for their families. Also noted are the entrepreneurial attitudes expressed by the children, social aspects of the informal and formal economies, and the history of the labor market in Brazil.