This study examines the relationship between child labor participation and the potential economic drivers of child labor. The study utilizes statistical data from The World Bank, UNICEF, and the ILO. The study examines the correlation between child labor participation changes, GDP changes, Secondary School Enrollment changes, Gross National Income changes, and Adjusted Net Savings changes as well. The study inspects the history of child labor, legislation, regulation, and more importantly its cause. These findings will have implications for policymakers in making them address the root cause of child labor, not child labor itself.