The effects of multinational production on wages and working conditions in developing countries
In: NBER working paper series 9669
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In: NBER working paper series 9669
In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Band 5, Heft 1
ISSN: 1935-1682
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Child labor-free product labels are efficiency-enhancing when child welfare is a public good only if resources are generated to enhance the well-being of children. However, for a small price-taking economy with at least as many goods as factors and competitively supplied labels, the premium paid by consumers is dissipated by a production inefficiency associated with the adult-only technology. Child labor will decline if labeling firms bid the adult wage above the threshold at which families begin to withdraw their children from the workforce. Alternatively, monitoring agencies may offer consumers a donation label, which claims that some fraction of the purchase price will be donated to a child-welfare fund. A donation label is more efficient than the child labor-free label as it eliminates the production inefficiency and the inefficient competition among certification agencies. The standard contract offered in the child labor free labeling sector has elements of a donation label.
In: Journal of international economics, Band 30, Heft 3-4, S. 371-381
ISSN: 0022-1996
In: Journal of international economics, Band 28, Heft 3-4, S. 390-393
ISSN: 0022-1996
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 37, Heft 4, S. 757-776
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: The journal of development studies, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 335-363
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 335
ISSN: 0022-0388
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 24, S. 335-363
ISSN: 0022-0388
Surveys the effects of preferential trading schemes with industrialized countries, chiefly. Whether trade preferences stimulate LDC exports of preferred products, protect new industries, and permit greater economic diversification.
In: Journal of policy modeling: JPMOD ; a social science forum of world issues, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 503-526
ISSN: 0161-8938
In: Critical perspectives on the global trading system and the WTO 14
In: An Elgar reference collection
In: World Scientific Studies in International Economics; Globalization and International Trade Policies, S. 425-481
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 36, Heft 3, S. 461-484
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 36, Heft 3, S. 461-484
ISSN: 0305-750X
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 10025
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 10026
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