Origins and Consequences of Child Labor Restrictions:A Macroeconomic Perspective

We investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions foreconomic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire outcome maybe inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the impositionof a child-labor ban...

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Year of publication:	2007-12-01
Authors:	Doepke, Matthias ; Krueger, Dirk
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Beschränkung \| restriction \| Kinderarbeit \| child labour \| Bildung

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Extent:	284672 bytes 51 p. application/pdf
Series:	Institute for the Study of Labor - Publications IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3259 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	I28 - Government Policy ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J88 - Public Policy ; O40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity. General ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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