Economic growth: A panacea for child labor?

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 426-445

  Kambhampati, Uma S ^a   Rajan, Raji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Child labor; Growth; India; Kuznets curve; Pro poor growth; Schooling

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; KUZNETS CURVE;

EID: 32644468923     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. A. Adamssie Child labour and schooling in the context of subsistence rural economy: Can they be compatible? International Journal of Education Development 23 2 2003 167-185
2. Barros, R., Mendonca, R., & Velazco, T. (1994). Is poverty the main cause of child work in urban Brazil? IPEA Discussion Paper no. 351.
3. A.M. Basu Family size and child welfare in an urban slum: Some disadvantages of being poor but modern C.B. Lloyd Fertility, family size and structure 1993 Population Council NY
4. K. Basu Child labor: Causes, consequences, and cure, with remarks on international labour standards Journal of Economic Literature 37 1999 1083-1119
5. Basu, K., Das, S., & Dutta, B. (2003). Birth order, gender and wealth as determinants of child labour: An empirical study of the Indian experience, mimeo.
6. Bhalotra, S., & Heady, C. (2003). Child farm labour: The wealth paradox. Social Protection Discussion Paper no. 20, The World Bank.
7. C.P. Chandrashekkar The economic consequences of the abolition of child labour: An Indian case study Journal of Peasant Studies 24 3 1997 137-179
8. Cigno, A., Rosati, F. C., & Guarcello, L. (2002). Does globalisation increase child labour? IZA Discussion Paper no. 470, Bonn.
9. G. Datt M. Ravallion Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? Economica 65 257 1998 17-38
10. J. Dreze H. Gazdar Uttar Pradesh: The burden of inertia J. Dreze A. Sen Indian development 1996 Oxford University Press Delhi 33-128
11. Government of India (1998). Economic Survey.
12. C. Grootaert H. Patrinos The policy analysis of child labour: A comparative study 1999 St Martin's Press New York
13. C. Heywood Childhood in nineteenth-century France: Work, health, and education among the classes populaires 1988 Cambridge University Press New York
14. S. Horrell J. Humphries The exploitation of little children: Child labour and the family economy in the Industrial Revolution Explorations in Economic History 32 4 1995 485-516
15. International Labour Organization Child labour today: Facts and figures 1996 ILO Geneva
16. International Labour Organization International labour statistics 2004 ILO Geneva
17. S. Kak Magnitude and profile of child labour in the 1999s: Evidence from the NSS data Social Scientist 32 1-2 2004 45-73
18. Kambhampati, U. S., & Rajan, R. (2004a). Does child work decrease with parental income? The luxury axiom revisited in India. Centre for Institutional Performance Discussion Paper, University of Reading.
19. Kambhampati, U. S., & Rajan, R. (2004b). The 'nowhere' children: Patriarchy and the role of girls in India's rural economy. Centre for Institutional Performance Discussion Paper, University of Reading, UK.
20. G.K. Lieten Child labour in India Economic and Political Weekly 37 52 2002 5190-5195
21. C. Nardinelli Child labour and the Industrial Revolution 1990 Indiana University Press Bloomington, IN
22. Neri, M. C., & Thomas, M. (2001). Household responses to labour market shocks in Brazil, 1982-1999, mimeo.
23. R. Ray Child labour, child schooling, and their interaction with adult labour: Empirical evidence for Peru and Pakistan The World Bank Economic Review 14 2 2000 347-371
24. M. Swaminathan Economic growth and the persistence of child labour-Evidence from an Indian city World Development 26 8 1998 1513-1528
25. Torres, R. (nd). Eliminating child labour: The role of human capital investment, mimeo.
26. M. Weiner The child and the state in India 1991 Princeton University Press Princeton