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The Intriguing Relation between Adult Minimum Wage and Child Labour Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Basu, Kaushik
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Because most parents send their children to work when compelled by poverty, one would expect a rise in adult wage to lower child labour. However, if the rise in wage is achieved by a minimum wage law, its impact can be intriguing. It can, for instance, cause some adults to be unemployed and send their children to work, which in turn displaces more adult labour and sends more children to work. The paper solves this process and predicts the incidence of child labour. It shows that, for appropriate parametric configurations, child labour may fall or rise as the adult minimum wage is raised.
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Article provided by Royal Economic Society in its journal The Economic Journal .
Volume (Year): 110 (2000)
Issue (Month): 462 (March)
Pages: C50-61
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