Rationality of child labour and its effects on labour market

• Thesis title in Czech: Racionality dětské práce a její efekty na pracovním trhu.
• Thesis title in English: Rationality of child labour and its effects on labour market
• Key words: Dětská práce, historie, mezinárodní obchod, globalizace, přechodné příjmové šoky, úvěrová omezení, vzdělání, jídlo za vzdělání, donucovací opatření, vnitřní motivace
• English key words: Child labor, history, international trade, globalization, transitory income shocks, credit constraints, education, food for education, coercive measures, intrinsic motivation
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2010/2011
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Vladimír Benáček, CSc.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 22.02.2011
• Date of assignment: 22.02.2011
• Date and time of defence: 12.09.2011 08:00
• Venue of defence: IES
• Date of electronic submission: 31.07.2011
• Date of proceeded defence: 12.09.2011
• Opponents: doc. PhDr. Michal Bauer, Ph.D.

Guidelines

Pečlivě a vědecky.

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Preliminary scope of work

Analýza fungování dětské práce a její efekty na pracovním trhu.

Preliminary scope of work in English

In our modern society, there is a silent moral consensus that child labour is wrong and we
should combat it at all costs.

However, there is rationality in the behaviour of the children, but more importantly their
parents, or guardians, to send them to work rather than to school. In this work I will focus on
developing countries and especially on those families there, which face the decision of
wheather to send their offspring to work, or to school. Part of the purpose of this thesis is thus
to uncover the arguments, which speak in favour of child labour compared to schooling.

Furthermore, I intend to determine the effects, which have been brought about by the presence
of child labour in the workforce, to the labour market. Especially I am interested in finding
implications for the society as a whole. This would be the second purpose of this thesis.