Economics of Child Labour - Education, Fertility, and Infant Mortality in Developing Countries

Suitable as an advanced development economics or development microeconomics textbook, the book lays out the theory as it now stands and examines the available evidence within an integrated framework.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Child Labour, Education, and Saving


• 2: Fertility, Infant Mortality, and Gender


• 3: Child Labour Effects of Credit Rationing and Uninsured Shocks: Evidence


• 4: Child Labour Effects of Access to Basic Utilities: Evidence


• 5: Estimates of the Demand for Child Labour


• 6: Health Effects of Child Labour: Evidence


• 7: Child Labour, Fertility, and Gender: Evidence


• 8: Social Norms and Family Rules


• 9: Internal Policy


• 10: Impact Evaluation of Child Labour Reduction Policies


• 11: International Trade and International Policies


• 12: Conclusion

About the author

Alessandro Cigno received his Ph.D. in Mathematical Economics from the University of Birmingham in 1972. He has held permanent or visiting positions at several universities in Europe, the USA, Latin America, and Japan, including, as a Full Professor, Florence, Hull, Pisa, and Wisconsin (Madison). Between 1990 and 2020, he was an Editor of the Journal of Population Economics, and he has served a consultant for the Italian Foreign Ministry, the European Commission, and the World Bank.

Furio Camillo Rosati is a Professor of Public Finance at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome in the Faculty of Economics. He received a Philosophy Doctorate in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1984). He is the Director of CEIS (Center for International Economic Studies) and of ICID (Italian Center for International Development).

Summary

Suitable as an advanced development economics or development microeconomics textbook, the book lays out the theory as it now stands and examines the available evidence within an integrated framework.

Product details

• Authors: Alessandro Cigno, Alessandro (Professor of Economics Cigno, Cigno Alessandro, Furio C. Rosati
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2024
• EAN: 9780198903000
• ISBN: 978-0-19-890300-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Developing Countries, Labour / income economics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Human trafficking, Labour Economics, Welfare economics, Crime & criminology, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Global South / Developing countries, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Trafficking