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U.S. Trade and Other Policy Options and Programs to Deter Foreign Exploitation of Child Labor

In: Globalization And International Trade Policies

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  • Drusilla K. Brown

    (Tufts University, USA)

  • Alan V. Deardorff

    (Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA)

  • Robert M. Stern

    (Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA)

Abstract

The following sections are included:IntroductionDeterminants, Magnitudes, and Characteristics of Child LaborDeterminants of Child LaborChild Labor: What are the Facts?Child Labor and PovertyChild Labor in International TradeThe Working Conditions of ChildrenPolicies and Programs for Reducing Foreign Child LaborU.S. Trade PoliciesEconomic and Technical Assistance Provided Through the ILOSupra-National MeasuresCodes of ConductConsumer LabelingWelfare of Former Child WorkersLabel CredibilityMonitoring in Labeling ProgramsMonitoring ReformsConceptual Considerations and Analysis of Alternative Measures to Reduce Child LaborThe H–O ModelParent and Child Labor SupplyThe ModelNotationEquationsThe Bad ParentPolicies Toward Child LaborBan on Child LaborA Non-Prohibitive Tax on Child LaborA Subsidy to EducationConclusions and Implications for PolicyTrade PoliciesILO Assistance and Other Supra-National MeasuresCodes of Conduct and LabelingStudy QuestionsReferencesSuggested Further Reading

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  • Drusilla K. Brown & Alan V. Deardorff & Robert M. Stern, 2009. "U.S. Trade and Other Policy Options and Programs to Deter Foreign Exploitation of Child Labor," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Globalization And International Trade Policies, chapter 18, pages 689-743, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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