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Economics of child - labour and fertility

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Delhi; B. R. Pub.; 1993Description: 220 pISBN:
  • 8170187338
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.31 SUM
Summary: It is a micro-level study of child labour in a developing country like India with its avowed welfare outlook, and discusses several aspects of the subject - economic, sociological and demogra phic. It also eminently focusses light on its linkage with high fertility in a major state of the country, viz. Tamil Nadu, Child labour is a serious problem in several states of the country. Existing literature does not do justice to the problem nor does it unravel motivations behind it. The present study is an innovative one. It underlines the importance and direction of causal relationship between child labour and fertility behaviour and their major antecedent variables, and will be found useful for future studies of the subject, as it will help policy formulation. It will also serve as a valuable reference book for administrators, welfare agencies and social workers.
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It is a micro-level study of child labour in a developing country like India with its avowed welfare outlook, and discusses several aspects of the subject - economic, sociological and demogra phic. It also eminently focusses light on its linkage with high fertility in a major state of the country, viz. Tamil Nadu,

Child labour is a serious problem in several states of the country. Existing literature does not do justice to the problem nor does it unravel motivations behind it. The present study is an innovative one. It underlines the importance and direction of causal relationship between child labour and fertility behaviour and their major antecedent variables, and will be found useful for future studies of the subject, as it will help policy formulation. It will also serve as a valuable reference book for administrators, welfare agencies and social workers.

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