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Incidence Of Child Labour, Free Education Policy And Economic Liberalization In A Developing Economy

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Sarbajit Chaudhuri (Dept. of Economics, Calcutta University)

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The paper analyzes the implications of a subsidy policy on education and different liberalized trade and investment policies on the incidence of child labour in a developing economy in terms of a three-sector general equilibrium model with informal sector and child labour. The supply function of child labour is endogenously determined. The paper shows that different policies, if undertaken concurrently, may produce mutually contradictory effects, thereby producing little or no impact on the incidence of child labour. The paper provides a theoretical answer as to why the incidence of child labour has not significantly declined in the developing economies in spite of economic development and globalization.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Labor and Demography with number 0511010.

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Keywords: Child labour; general equilibrium; informal sector; education subsidy; trade liberalization;

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F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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  1. Sarbajit Chaudhuri & Manash Ranjan Gupta, 2005. "Child Labour And Trade Liberalization In A Developing Economy," Labor and Demography 0510017, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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