Will an increase in landholding size reduce child labour in the presence of unemployment? A theoretical analysis

Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Economic Annals Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.2298/eka1921085c

Kamalika Chakraborty, Bidisha Chakraborty

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Abstract

This paper builds an overlapping generations household economy model in a rural set up and examines the relationship between landholding and child labour in the presence of unemployment in the manufacturing sector. We find that irrespective of whether the parents work as agricultural labourers or work on their own land, an increase in landholding size leads to a decline in the child worker?s schooling in the short run and a decline in the growth rate of human capital formation in the long run, but may lead to an increase in steady state human capital in the long run.

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在失业的情况下，土地拥有量的增加会减少童工吗?理论分析

本文建立了一个重叠代际的农村家庭经济模型，并考察了在制造业失业的情况下土地持有与童工劳动之间的关系。我们发现，无论父母是作为农业劳动者还是在自己的土地上工作，土地持有规模的增加都会导致童工数量的下降。从长期来看，S学校教育在短期内会导致人力资本形成增长率的下降，但从长期来看，可能导致稳态人力资本的增加。

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Economic Annals Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)

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0.90

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18 weeks

期刊介绍： Economic Annals is an academic journal that has been published on a quarterly basis since 1955, initially under its Serbian name of Ekonomski anali (EconLit). Since 2006 it has been published exclusively in English. It is published by the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia. The journal publishes research in all areas of economics. The Editorial Board welcomes contributions that explore economic issues in a comparative perspective with a focus on transition and emerging economies in Europe and around the world. The journal encourages the submission of original unpublished works, not under consideration by other journals or publications. All submitted papers undergo a double blind refereeing process. Authors are expected to follow standard publication procedures [Instructions to Authors], to recognise the values of the international academic community and to respect the journal’s Policy.