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The Catch-22 Irony of Child Labor and The Urgency for State Intervention Ka Yee Lau, McGill University
Ka Yee Lau expects to graduate in 2012 from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec with an Honors degree in Sociology and a Minor in International Development Studies. Her academic interests include social inequalities, human development, population health and life course epidemiology, immigrant integration, and contentious politics. Ms. Lau interned in the Caribbean during the summer of 2011 for the McGill-UWI project “Improving the Nutrition and Health of CARICOM Populations�. This experience strengthened her enthusiasm to pursue graduate studies in sociology. Her heartfelt appreciation goes to Professor Jon D. Unruh for his support, patience, and encouragement; taking his course has truly been one of the highlights of her undergraduate studies at McGill University. She sincerely thanks Professor Marcos Ancelovici, Professor Richard Cooper, and the editors at Honors Review for valuable comments and suggestions on earlier editions of this manuscript. Most importantly, she is deeply indebted to her parents for their selfless sacrifices, and the unconditional love and care they have provided her.