Child labor and the law: Notes on possible pathologies

Economics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Basu, Kaushik ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child labor; India; Labor standards; Law

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144423996     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2004.10.012     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. J.-M. Baland J. Robinson A model of child labor Journal of Political Economy 108 2000
2. K. Basu The intriguing relationship between adult minimum wage and child labor Economic Journal 110 2000
3. K. Basu P.H. Van The economics of child labor American Economic Review 88 1998
4. S. Bhalotra C. Heady Child farm labor: The wealth paradox World Bank Economic Review 17 2003
5. Doepke, M., Zilibotti, F., 2004. Voting with your children: A positive analysis of child labor laws, mimeo.
6. E. Edmonds Does child labor decline with improvements economic status Journal of Human Resources 40 1 2005 77-79
7. E. Edmonds N. Pavcnik Child labor in the global economy Journal of Economic Perspectives 19 1 2005 199-220
8. P. Emerson A. Souza Is there a child labor trap? Intergenerational persistence of child labor in Brazil Economic Development and Cultural Change 51 2003
9. Government of India, 1986. Child labor (prohibition and regulation) Act, 1986. (http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/childlabouract/ childlabouract.htm).
10. C. Grootaert H. Patrinos The policy analysis of child labor 1999 St. Martin's Press New York
11. ILO Every child counts: New global estimates on child labor 2002 IPEC-ILO Geneva
12. S. Jafarey S. Lahiri Will trade sanctions reduce child labor? The role of credit markets Journal of Development Economics 68 2002
13. C. Nardinelli Child labor and the industrial revolution 1990 Indiana University Press Bloomington, IN
14. C.A. Rogers K. Swinnerton Does child labor decrease when parental incomes rise Journal of Political Economy 112 2004
15. N. Singh The impact of international labor standards: A survey of economic theory In: K. Basu H. Horn L. Roman J. Shapiro (Eds.) International Labor Standards: History, Theories and Policy 2003 Blackwell Publishers Oxford
16. R. Swinnerton C.A. Rogers The economics of child labor: Comment American Economic Review 89 1999