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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135957503321

Autore

Chaudhuri Sarbajit <1965-2021, >

Titolo

The economics of child labour in the era of globalization : policy issues / / Sarbajit Chaudhuri and Jayanta Kumar Dwibedi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-39750-1

1-315-39748-X

1-315-39749-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 131

Altri autori (Persone)

DwibediJayanta Kumar

Disciplina

331.31091724

Soggetti

Child labor - History

Child labor - Developing countries

Fertility, Human - Economic aspects - Developing countries

Human capital - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. A survey of literature on child labour -- 2. Derivation of supply functions of child labour from household behaviour -- 3. Trade sanction and child labour -- 4. Why do composite policies sometimes fail? -- 5. Is reduction of poverty a necessity? -- 6. Agricultural dualism, subsidy policies and child labour -- 7. Child labour, human capital formation and the possibility of failure of incentive-based schemes -- 8. Economic growth and domestic child labour -- 9. Policy implications of results and sketching the future path of research on child labour.

Sommario/riassunto

This book attempts to delve into many of the important aspects of child labour theoretically, and suggest policies which could indeed be useful in dealing with the problem under diverse situations using alternative multi-sector general equilibrium models.