International Labor Standards and the Political Economy of Child-Labor Regulation
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International Labor Standards and the Political Economy of Child Labor Regulation
International Labor Standards and the Political Economy of Child Labor Regulation 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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the European Economic Association
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1542-4766,1542-4774
DOI: 10.1162/jeea.2009.7.2-3.508