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Child Labour and Debt Bondage: A Case Study of Brick Kiln Workers in Southeast India

Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France, augendra{at}yahoo.fr

The article highlights some of our findings from a study carried out in the brick kiln industry in Tamil Nadu, India. We have led both a qualitative and a quantitative survey. As child labour is a common factor in the brick kiln industry, we show that in the interlinked credit-labour market employers do not directly employ children, but they have implemented a system that constrains parents to use their children to improve their productivity. In such an environment parents use child labour to improve their bargaining power.

Key Words: advance system • brick kiln • child labour • debt bondage • exploitation • labour broker • seasonal migration

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 40, No. 4, 287-302 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0021909605055776


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