The effects of globalization on child labor in developing countries

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DAĞDEMİR Ö., ACAROĞLU H.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC HORIZONS, cilt.2, sa.2, ss.37-47, 2010 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.15208/beh.2010.15
  • Dergi Adı: BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC HORIZONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), ABI/INFORM, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, CAB Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.37-47
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Child labor, globalization, trade, FDI, developing countries
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper inquires the effects of globalization on child labor in developing countries via cross-country analysis by decomposing globalization to its components; foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade. The findings reveal that the relationship between the child labor supply and gross domestic product per capita (PCGDP) can be expressed as a U shape. The study indicates that the child labor increases in the developing countries whose PCGDP levels are above 7 500 USD since the net effect of globalization is positive for the positive substitution effect is bigger than the negative income effect. Data have been collected from UNICEF and World Bank.