Overview
- Combines empirical estimates with theoretical models to drive home the implications for policy
- Provides the analytical rigor to address the problem of child labour in developing countries
- Focuses on the importance of non-trade and growth-promoting policies in developing nations compared with the blanket trade policies suggested by WTO to reduce the incidence of child labour
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Biswajit Chatterjee is a Retired Professor at the Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. He is the former President of The Indian Econometric Society and the Indian Society of Labour Economics, and is the President of the Bengal Economic Association. He specialises in development economics, international trade, and the Indian economy.
Dr. Runa Ray is an Associate Professor of Economics at Vidyasagar College Kolkata, and has contributed research in the field of international trade and development economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Economics of Child Labour
Authors: Biswajit Chatterjee, Runa Ray
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8199-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8198-0Published: 17 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8201-7Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8199-7Published: 31 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 156
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Labor Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Social Policy, Children, Youth and Family Policy