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Compulsory Schooling Laws and the Cure for Child Labour

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Giorgio Bellettini
Carlotta Berti Ceroni

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This paper provides an explanation for the existence of child labour which relies on the imperfect enforcement of compulsory schooling laws. In the presence of complementarities in the production of human capital that justify legislative intervention, mandatory measures ensure that coordination failures are solved so that all parents send their children to school and the socially optimal equilibrium is reached. However, if enforcement of legislation is too low, multiple equilibria emerge. In this case, compulsory schooling laws may have adverse welfare effects on all households. Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd and the Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research, 2004.

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Volume (Year): 56 (2004)
Issue (Month): 3 (07)
Pages: 227-239
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J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
O11 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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  1. Giorgio Bellettini & Carlotta Berti Ceroni & Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, 2003. "Child Labor and Resistance to Change," Working Papers 2003.79, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Damien Murphy, 2008. "Eliminating Child Labour Through Education: The Potential for Replicating the Work of the MV Foundation in India," Working Papers id:1746, esocialsciences.com. [Downloadable!]
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