Economic growth: A panacea for child labor?

被引：33

作者：

Kambhampati, US ^{[1
]}

Rajan, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Reading, Reading RG6 2AH, Berks, England

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2006年 / 34卷 / 03期

关键词：

child labor; schooling; growth; Kuznets curve; pro-poor growth; Asia; India;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.08.010

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we test whether economic growth decreases child labor by bringing together data from the National Sample Survey of India and state-level macrodata to estimate a bivariate probit model of schooling and labor. Our results lead us to conclude that contrary to popular wisdom, growth actually increases rather than decreases child labor because it increases the demand for child workers. The level of state NDP, village wages, and household incomes are seen as the conduits through which growth influences the supply side of the child labor market. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：426 / 445

页数：20

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