The Supply of Child Labour

Alessandro Cigno

No 1114, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated with the worst forms of child exploitation. The analysis is positive, but provides some of the elements for a normative judgement.

Keywords: insurance; child labour; bonded labour; education; health; credit; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 I12 J13 J22 J24 J82 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2004-04
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Published - edited version published as Chapter 2 of: A. Cigno and F. C. Rosati (eds.), The Economics of Child Labour, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005

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