Hard At Work In Factories And Mines
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Child Labor
Child Labor Laws
Child Labor Legislation
child workforce analysis
Common Mule
economic development child labor model
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historical labor studies
Household Decision Making
industrial economics
IPEC
Ironstone Mines
Labor Market Model
labor market theory
marginal productivity
Market Wage Rates
Married Women
Metal Mines
Nash Bargaining Solution
Nimble Fingers
Parish Apprentices
Power Loom Weavers
Quarry Bank Mill
Relative Bargaining Power
Self-acting Mule
Spinning Jenny
technological innovation impact
Water Frame
World Development Report
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367007126
- Weight: 750g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 Nov 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Children have worked for centuries and continue to work. The history of the economic development of Europe and North America includes numerous instances of child labor. Manufacturers in England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Prussia as well as the United States used child labor during the initial stages of industrialization. In addition, child labor prevails currently in many industries in the Third World. 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. The model is placed into a historical context and is used to test the existing supply-and-demand-induced explanations for an increase in child labor during the British Industrial Revolution. Evidence on the extent of childrens employment, their specific tasks and trends in their wages from the textile industry and mining industry is used to support the argument that it was technological innovation which created a demand for child labor. Certain mechanical inventions and process innovations increased the demand for child labor in three ways: increasing number of assistants needed; increasing the substitutability between children and adults, and creating work situations that only children could fill. Specific innovations in the production of textiles and in the extraction of coal, copper and tin are highlighted to show how they favored the use of child workers over adult workers. The book concludes with a look at the current situations in developing countries where child labor is prevalent. Considerable insight is gained on the role of child labor in economic development when this historical model is applied to the contemporary situation.
