The economic consequences of the abolition of child labour
An Indian case study
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 2159124 |
|---|---|
| Autores | C P Chandrasekhar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1997 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 137-179 |
| Data de publicação | 1997-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066159708438645 |
| OpenAlex | W2169647062 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 12 |
| Referências citadas | 1 |
The abolition of child labour in underdeveloped countries is often held to be practically infeasible because it would entail closure of the economic activities which exist only because of access to such labour. Abolition, therefore, would reduce the earnings of poor households whose survival strategies, in the context of adult unemployment, depend on incomes derived from the practice. This article examines the child labour-based industry of match production in India, which is concentrated in the Sivakasi-Sattur matchbelt of Tamil Nadu. It is argued that the abolition of child labour, while reducing the excessive trading margins and changing the irrational locational structure characterising this industry, would in fact result in higher earnings for adult workers. However, it could have adverse consequences for a section of workers, which can be addressed with appropriate state action
Child labour · Closure (psychology · Context (archaeology · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Labour supply · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Production (economics · State (computer science · Tamil · Unemployment · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Social and Economic Development in India
The Global Child Labor Problem
Child Labor
From Peasant Studies to Agrarian Change
Child Labour and ‘Nowhere’ Children in Post-reforms India
Out of School and (Probably) in Work
Autonomy in Child Labor Migrants
Economic growth and the persistence of child labor
Economic growth
Schooling, Child Labor, and Reserve Army Evidences from India
Education for Child Labour
Gendered responsibilities of household members in securing livelihoods through mat making in the Barak Valley, Assam
Transformations in the age and gender of unfree workers on hybrid cotton seed farms in Andhra Pradesh
| Obras citantes distintas | 12 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,43 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 12 |