Measuring Child Labour: The Indian Scenario

Sourav Chakrabortty (), Nilanjana Joseph Roy () and Sugata Sen Roy ()
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Sourav Chakrabortty: DGMS
Nilanjana Joseph Roy: Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Sugata Sen Roy: University of Calcutta

Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, No 5, 67-85

Abstract: Abstract Child Labour has been one of the persistent problems that has affected development. In spite of the efforts at both the national and international levels by government, social organisations and international bodies, child labour is widely prevalent in most developing and underdeveloped countries. However, except for a few summary measures, there is no detailed measurement of the impact and severity of child labour. In this paper we address some of these measurement issues in the light of data collected by the National Sample Survey Office of India.

Keywords: Child labour; Incidence measures; Age of entry into labour force (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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