A Social Stigma Model of Child Labor

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Main Author: Luis Felipe López Calva
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: El Colegio de México, A.C. 2002
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contents A Social Stigma Model of Child Labor Luis Felipe López Calva Economía y Finanzas This paper constructs a model in which a social norm is internalized. The social disapproval of people who violate the norm -stigmatization-- is incorporated as a reduction in their utility. That reduction in utility is lower as the proportion of the population that violates the norm increases. In the model, society disapproves of people sending their children to work and parents care about that lq lq embarrassment". An equilibrium is constructed in which the expected and realized stigma costs are the same; and the wages rates of child and adult labor are such as to equate demand and supply for each kind of labor 2002 artículo científico 0188-6916 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=59717202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=597 Estudios Económicos application/pdf El Colegio de México, A.C. Estudios Económicos (México) Num.2 Vol.17
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spellingShingle A Social Stigma Model of Child Labor
Luis Felipe López Calva
Economía y Finanzas
A Social Stigma Model of Child Labor Luis Felipe López Calva Economía y Finanzas This paper constructs a model in which a social norm is internalized. The social disapproval of people who violate the norm -stigmatization-- is incorporated as a reduction in their utility. That reduction in utility is lower as the proportion of the population that violates the norm increases. In the model, society disapproves of people sending their children to work and parents care about that lq lq embarrassment". An equilibrium is constructed in which the expected and realized stigma costs are the same; and the wages rates of child and adult labor are such as to equate demand and supply for each kind of labor 2002 artículo científico 0188-6916 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=59717202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=597 Estudios Económicos application/pdf El Colegio de México, A.C. Estudios Económicos (México) Num.2 Vol.17
title A Social Stigma Model of Child Labor
topic Economía y Finanzas
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=59717202