Hard At Work in Factories and Mines - The Economics of Child Labor During the British Industrial Revolution

This book examines the explanations for child labor in an economic context. A model of the labor market for children is constructed using the new economics of the family framework to derive the supply of child labor and the traditional labor theory of marginal productivity to derive the demand for child labor.

List of contents

Child Labor in the Past and Present; The Availability of Child Labor; Wanted: Child Labor; The Textile Industry; The Mining Industry; The Role of Women Workers; Is Child Labor a Fading Memory?

About the author

Carolyn Tuttle (Author)

Summary

This book examines the explanations for child labor in an economic context. A model of the labor market for children is constructed using the new economics of the family framework to derive the supply of child labor and the traditional labor theory of marginal productivity to derive the demand for child labor.

Product details

• Authors: Tuttle, Carolyn Tuttle, Tuttle Carolyn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780367007126
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00712-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, Industrial relations, health & safety, HISTORY / Europe / Western, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Western Europe, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Western Continental Europe, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General