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dc.contributor.authorVillanger, Espen
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-19T07:57:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:12:59Z
dc.date.available2008-02-19T07:57:44Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:12:59Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.isbn82-8062-146-6
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2435994
dc.description.abstractUN estimate that 20 million are held in bonded labor. Several economic analyses assert that bonded laborers accept these contracts voluntarily, which could imply that a ban would make such laborers worse off. We question the voluntariness of bonded labor, and present a mechanism that keeps workers trapped. With different types of landlords not revealed to the laborer, we show how some landlords manipulate contract terms so that the laborer becomes bonded. Enforcement mechanisms and the monopolistic market for credit thus play a joint role. Providing alternative sources of credit, offer proper conflict resolution institutions over labor-contract disputes and banning could emancipate bonded labor, which would make them better off.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWP 2006: 7
dc.subjectCoercion
dc.subjectDept slavery
dc.subjectPower
dc.subjectBonded labor
dc.subjectNepal
dc.subjectAsia
dc.titleIs Bonded Labor Voluntary? A Framework against Forced Work
dc.typeWorking paper


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