Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35232 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3742
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Child labor is a persistent phenomenon in many developing countries. In recent years, support has been growing among rich-country governments and consumer groups for the use of trade policies, such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards, to reduce child labor in poor countries. In this paper, we discuss research on the long-run implications of such policies. In particular, we demonstrate that such measures may have the unintended side effect of lowering domestic support for banning child labor within developing countries, and thus may contribute to the persistence of the child-labor problem.
Subjects: 
Child labor
political economy
international labor standards
trade sanctions
JEL: 
J20
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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