The impact of FDI on child labor: Insights from an empirical analysis of sectoral FDI data and case studies

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 47, Issue P2, 2014, Pages 157-167

  Doytch, Nadia ^a,b   Thelen, Nina ^b   Mendoza, Ronald U ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c Asian Institute of Management (AIM)   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Child labor; FDI; Income and substitution effect; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910662210     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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