Chaudhuri, Sarbajit, 1965-,

The economics of child labour in the era of globalization : policy issues / Sarbajit Chaudhuri and Jayanta Kumar Dwibedi. - First edition. - 1 online resource - Routledge studies in development economics ; 131 . - Routledge studies in development economics ; 131. .

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.

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Child labor--History.
Child labor--Developing countries.
Fertility, Human--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Human capital--Developing countries.


Developing countries--Economic policy.

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