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Explorations in Economic History 36, 72–106 (1999) Article ID exeh.1998.0712, available online at on State Child Labor Laws and the Decline of Child Labor* Carolyn M. Moehling Department of Economics, The Ohio State University Between 1880 and 1930, the occupation rate of children age 10 to 15 fell by over 75%. This paper examines whether state laws restricting the employment of child labor contributed to this decline. Using data from the 1880, 1900, and 1910 federal censuses