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...

The paper deals with child labour in developing countries. We address a problem that hasrecently drawn much attention at the international level, that is, how to invest in women´srights to advance the rights of both women and children. We study the problem from a newperspective. In our...