Globalization, consumerism and child labour

Jayanta Dwibedi () and Sarbajit Chaudhuri

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Abstract: This paper highlights the implication of consumerism on the incidence of child in a developing economy using a two-sector general equilibrium model. It finds that although consumerism raises incomes of the poor households and decreases the earning opportunities of the children, this is not sufficient to control the flow of children to workplace and is likely to worsen the child labour situation. The analysis provides a theoretical framework that can be used for explaining the positive linkage between consumerism and child labour.

Keywords: Child labour; globalization; consumerism; general equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I28 J10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-07-20
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