The present paper has made an attempt to analyze the effects of different trade and investment liberalization policies on the incidence of child labour in a developing economy using a three-sector general equilibrium framework with a non-traded final commodity produced by child labour. The...

Whether a liberalizing developing economy should implement the entire WTO-prescribed package and to what extent this is expedient, are the two burning questions, especially because available empirical evidence suggests that the developing countries have been facing substantial adjustment costs...

In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce...

In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce...

In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce...