The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

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Convict Labour

  • Farley Grubb
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_2592-1
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Abstract

Some European countries banished convicts to labour in overseas colonies – sometimes using private markets to transport and employ this labour.

Keywords

Colonialism Convict labour International migration Labour contracts Migration, international 

JEL Classification

N30 N31 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Farley Grubb
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