Economics of Child Labour

• Main Authors: Chatterjee, Biswajit (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ray, Runa (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Labor economics.; Welfare economics.; Social policy.; Labor Economics.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Social Policy.; Children, Youth and Family Policy.

This book examines the effectiveness of trade and non-trade policies to combat the menace of child labour. Although it has decreased on the global scale in recent years, child labour still remains high, particularly in the developing countries. Keeping in mind the estimated extent of child labour in...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2 : Incidence of Child Labour -Global and Indian Estimates
• Chapter 3 : Types and Causes of Child Labour
• Chapter 4: Survey of Literature
• Chapter 5: Child Labour in General Equilibrium Framework & Effectiveness of Various Trade & Non-trade Policies
• Chapter 6: Conclusion.