Child Labor and Globalization

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Child Labor and Globalization

• Tricia Pray
• December 7, 2006

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Child Labor Definition

• 5-11 years at least 1 hour of economic work or
  28 hours domestic work per week
• 12-14 years at least 14 hours of economic work
  or 28 hours domestic work per week
• 15-17 years 43 hours of economic or domestic
  work per week
• (International Labour Organization)

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Child Labor

• 23 children economically active in the year
  2000
• Legally forbidden in many developed countries,
  including the U.S.
• United Nations, International Labor Organization,
  Human Rights Watch
• Child labor rates have leveled off why?
• Does increased globalization increase child labor
  within countries?

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Literature

• Edmonds
• Cigno

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Economic Model (1)
Price
w2
w1
Dunskilled labor post-trade
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Economic Model (2)
Income
Leisure Time
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Data

• Cross Country Study
• n 63
• GDP per capita ranging from 15927.98 to
  466.1966
• Sources World Bank, International Labor
  Organization

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Econometric Model
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Empirical Results (1)
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Empirical Results (2)
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Conclusions

• Free trade Economists
• Labor Economists
• Microeconomists