• Title of article

    Child labor and the law: Notes on possible pathologies

  • Author/Authors

    Kaushik Basu، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    169
  • To page
    174
  • Abstract
    The paper demonstrates that the standard policy for controlling child labor by imposing a fine on firms caught employing children can cause child labor to rise. This ‘pathological’ reaction is, however, reversed as the size of the fine increases.
  • Keywords
    Child labor , Law , India , Labor standards
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435652