Does Globalization Contribute to Decreasing Child Labor Rates?

  1. Leopoldo Laborda Castillo 2
  2. Daniel Sotelsek Salem 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

  2. 2 Inter-American Development Bank
Journal:
Revista de economía mundial

ISSN: 1576-0162

Year of publication: 2016

Issue: 44

Pages: 127-151

Type: Article

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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between globalization (from a multidimensional viewpoint) and child labor. No specific a priori relationship was found through an analysis of the impact of globalization on child labor in relation to a country’s level of development. The use of panel data methodology reveals empirical evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between globalization and child labor in countries with medium-low and low incomes. The inflection point and the convergence coefficient obtained, describe the nature of the social phenomenon −child labor− in low-income countries.

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