@techreport{Maffei2004Political,
abstract = {Most normative studies on child labor arrive at the conclusion that child labor is detrimental
to social welfare. Child labor is, however, still prevalent in many developing countries even
though in many of these countries it is forbidden by law. In this paper we develop a politicaleconomic
model that explains lenient enforcement of existing child labor legislation. The
most important implication of our model is that in countries with repressive political regimes
enforcement is more lenient and child labor thus more prevalent than in countries enjoying
political freedom. We test this implication and find that it is confirmed by the data.},
author = {Sandro Maffei and Nikolai Raabe and Heinrich W. Ursprung},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {K14; D72; 330; child labor; political economy; freedom; Kinderarbeit; Jugendarbeitsschutz; Rechtsdurchsetzung; Politische Verfolgung; Freiheit; Sch\"{a}tzung; Theorie; Welt},
language = {eng},
number = {1288},
title = {Political repression and child labor : theory and empirical evidence},
type = {CESifo working papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18926},
year = {2004}
}
