%0 Journal Article
%T The effects of globalization on child labor in developing countries
%A Ozcan Dagdemir
%A Hakan Acaroglu
%J Business and Economic Horizons
%D 2010
%I Prague Development Center
%X This paper inquires the effects of globalization on child labor in developing countries via crosscountryanalysis by decomposing globalization to its components; foreign direct investment(FDI) and trade. The findings reveal that the relationship between the child labor supply andgross domestic product per capita (PCGDP) can be expressed as a U shape. The study indicatesthat the child labor increases in the developing countries whose PCGDP levels are above 7 500USD since the net effect of globalization is positive for the positive substitution effect is biggerthan the negative income effect. Data have been collected from UNICEF and World Bank.
%K Child labor
%K globalization
%K trade
%K FDI
%K developing countries.
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