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

• Autore: Chaudhuri Sarbajit <1965-2021, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 pages)
• Disciplina: 331.31091724
• Soggetto topico: Child labor - History; Child labor - Developing countries; Fertility, Human - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Human capital - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic policy
• Altri autori: DwibediJayanta Kumar
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The economics of child labour in the era of globalization
• ISBN: 1-315-39750-1; 1-315-39748-X; 1-315-39749-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910135957503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 131.