There are thousands of Yemeni children who drop out of school to earn money as mechanics, blacksmiths, carpenters, agriculturalists and other fields with high human capital demands...[F]amilies are often aware of the hazards child laborers face, but are burdened by their own nominal earning power...[T]he worst kind of work children can partake in is agricultural-related because of the risk of ingestion of pesticides...The child labor phenomenon has increased over the course of the past three years...due to the absence of labor laws that prohibit children under 18 from working as well as an absence of state and civil institutional oversight...Though almost all agree that the economic situation is the behind child labor increases in Yemen [some say]...traditional culture is a culprit as well.