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Perverse Consequences of Well Intentioned Regulation: Evidence from India's Child Labor Ban
Bansode, Prashant - eSocialSciences - 2013
While bans against child labor are a common policy tool, there is very little empirical evidence validating their … effectiveness. In this paper, it is examined that the consequences of India’s landmark legislation against child labor, the Child … Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986. Using data from employment surveys conducted before and after the ban, and …
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Child Focussed Questions in Parliament in 2012
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2013
One third of the population of India are children below the age of 18 years. They are citizens of this country. Even though they do not vote, they have all rights as equal citizens of the country. How concerned are our parliamentarians about them- after all they represent them too. [HAQCRC].
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An MV Foundation's Role in Kothapally and Ravullapalli villages: An Impact Assessment
Nelles, Hadley - eSocialSciences - 2008
MVF is present in 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh covering 137 manddals. Shankerpally Mandal, in Ranga Reddy district, has been a part of the MVF project since the biggining. As MVF has been a part of these communities for well over a decade, significant change can be observed, thus making the...
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Twenty Years of CRC: A Balance Sheet- Volume 1
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2011
The report is a rich source with qualitative and quantitative data on the status of children in India from authentic and established sources. [HAQCRC report]. URL:[http://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/CRC20BS_Vol%20I_1.pdf].
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The Poverty Argument
Nagarjuna, M. - eSocialSciences - 2008
The Poverty Argument arises from the single fact that any family with a critically low level of income and struggling to keep “the wolf from the door†must, in order to survive, send the children to work The MVF Project rejects the Poverty Argument and its implication of the...
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].
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The Politics of Negotiation: MVF and Multinational Corporations on Child Labour in Cottonseed Field.
Lifer, Yumi - eSocialSciences - 2008
Child Labour in the hybrid cottonseed fields has caused much attention locally and internationally. Inexpensive labour is crucial for the farmers, as 52% of the cost of production goes toward human labour alone. Unfortunately 90% of the laborers are female children between the ages of seven and...
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Impact Of Girl Child’s Enrollment On Work Sharing and Distribution Pattern in Families
Venkateshwaralu, Davaluri - eSocialSciences - 2008
of child labour system and universalisation of primary education.This study is an effort to know about the girl’s work …
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Why Education? Analyzing the Benefits for Former Child Labourers
Ledet, David - eSocialSciences - 2008
labor, governmental policies and their impact on child labor, M.V.F.’s strategy for the eradication of child labour and … universalisation of education, as well as benefits of a formal education. The successes of students, their failures, and their …
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