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Child Labour Theories and Policies

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This chapter presents the main theoretical analyses in the area of child labour and their implications in terms of policy design. The discussion is based on the human capital approach and presents a simplified model that allows to frame the most relevant results present in the literature. It also looks at some of the evidence available about the impact of the different interventions implemented and review their effectiveness and limitations. From the policy point of view, the chapter concludes pointing out the need to integrate child labour interventions in broader human capital and poverty reduction policies and to consider “big push” interventions able to move the economy permanently to a low child labour equilibrium.

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  • Furio Camillo Rosati, 2022. "Child Labour Theories and Policies," CEIS Research Paper 533, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 15 Mar 2022.
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    Keywords

    child labour; human capital; labour market;
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    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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