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Title: The Economics of Child Soldiering
Authors: Blouin, Max
Keywords: Child soldiers
civil war
small arms trade
child labor
comparative advantage
Issue Date: 2009-06
Series/Report no.: Cahiers du CIRPÉE;09-20
Abstract: This paper presents a model of conflict which allows belligerents to recruit both adults and children as soldiers. Warlords fight over the country's productive (i.e. non military) output, and are aware of the tradeoff involved in recruitment: anyone who becomes a soldier cannot produce output. In equilibrium, child recruitment is determined by children's productivity relative to adults in both war and civilian production. The model's findings have implications for arms traffic control and bans on child labor.
URI: http://132.203.59.36/CIRPEE/cahierscirpee/2009/files/CIRPEE09-20.pdf
https://depot.erudit.org/id/003082dd
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