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This book examines the effectiveness of trade and non-trade
policies to combat the menace of child labour. Although it has
decreased on the global scale in recent years, child labour still
remains high, particularly in the developing countries. Keeping in
mind the estimated extent of child labour in different regions
around the globe, the book offers a detailed critical review of
both theoretical and empirical literature on the topic as well as
the policies to reduce the incidence of child labour. It also
develops a general equilibrium model to demonstrate the possible
effects of growth-promoting, non-trade policies, as opposed to
direct trade policies, on child labour employment mitigation. The
book argues that of the non-trade policies, the introduction of
compulsory education appears to be an effective instrument for
curtailing the child labour problem when families receive targeted
subsidies for sending their children to school. It also shows that
appropriately designed and targeted education subsidies can reduce
the incidence of child labour and that social protection measures,
such as subsidies on school enrolment, also tend to have a positive
impact. The book not only opens up research topics for academicians
but is also a valuable resource for policy makers.
This book examines the effectiveness of trade and non-trade
policies to combat the menace of child labour. Although it has
decreased on the global scale in recent years, child labour still
remains high, particularly in the developing countries. Keeping in
mind the estimated extent of child labour in different regions
around the globe, the book offers a detailed critical review of
both theoretical and empirical literature on the topic as well as
the policies to reduce the incidence of child labour. It also
develops a general equilibrium model to demonstrate the possible
effects of growth-promoting, non-trade policies, as opposed to
direct trade policies, on child labour employment mitigation. The
book argues that of the non-trade policies, the introduction of
compulsory education appears to be an effective instrument for
curtailing the child labour problem when families receive targeted
subsidies for sending their children to school. It also shows that
appropriately designed and targeted education subsidies can reduce
the incidence of child labour and that social protection measures,
such as subsidies on school enrolment, also tend to have a positive
impact. The book not only opens up research topics for academicians
but is also a valuable resource for policy makers.
The research work is based on a specific-factor general equilibrium
framework to study the effectiveness of different trade and
non-trade policies on child labour incidence and their impacts on
national welfare, trade balance. Chapter 2 of the study reviews the
literature on child labour . In chapter 3 of the dissertation, we
have built a two sector general equilibrium model to investigate
the effect of two alternative trade restrictive policies on child
labour market. In chapter 4, we have extended the model into a
three sector general equilibrium framework and have investigated
the effect of both trade and non-trade policies. Non-trade policy
is captured in terms of economic expansion. In chapter 5, we have
considered a competitive general equilibrium model of a small open,
less developed economy suffering from both (i) adult unemployment
and (ii) child labour problem. We have tried to investigate the
effects of imposition of three alternative trade restrictive
policies. In chapter 6 our objective has been to examine the role
of education subsidy in curtailing the incidence of child labour
supply. In chapter 7, we summarise the main conclusions of our
study.
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