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- Congdon Fors, Heather, 1975
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Child labour : a review of recent theory and evidence with policy implications
- 2012
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In: Journal of Economic Surveys. - : Wiley. - 0950-0804. ; 26:4, s. 570-593
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their attention to the question of why children work. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the more recent theoretical and empirical research into the topic of child labour, and to illustrate the fact that no one factor on its own can account for the phenomenon of child labour. Therefore, policies aimed at eradicating child labour will need to address the broad range of underlying factors that contribute to the incidence of child labour, such as poverty, market imperfections and access to education.
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- Congdon Fors, Heather, 1975
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Do island states have better institutions?
- 2014
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In: Journal of comparative economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0147-5967 .- 1095-7227. ; 42:1, s. 34-60
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Since the end of World War II, the number of countries in the world has increased dramatically. Many of these newly independent countries are small both in terms of population and geography, and several are islands. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of island status and country size on institutional quality, and to determine if these institutional effects can explain the relatively strong economic performance of islands and small countries. I distinguish between political institutions (Democracy) and economic institutions (Rule of Law). One of the main findings of this paper is that the relationship between island status and institutional quality is significantly positive, and that these results are robust to the inclusion of a number of control variables. Further, I find that country size is negatively related to institutional quality, which is in keeping with previous results. These results provide further support for the hypothesis that institutions account for these countries' relatively better economic performance. © 2013 Association for Comparative Economic Studies.
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- Congdon Fors, Heather, 1975
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Social Globalization and Child Labor
- 2012
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their focus to the question of why children work. While much of the research focuses on household level factors, macroeconomic factors have gained increasing attention. This is particularly true in the case of globalization. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on the role of globalization in child labor by examining a specific aspect of globalization: social globalization. The results of the empirical analysis indicate that social globalization does have a significant impact on the average incidence of child labor in the cross-country sample of developing countries.
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- Congdon Fors, Heather, 1975
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Social Globalization and Child Labor: A Cross-country Analysis
- 2014
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In: Developing economies. - : Wiley. - 0012-1533. ; 52:2, s. 125-153
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- While much of the research on child labor focuses on household level factors, macroeconomic factors, such as globalization, have gained increasing attention. This paper contributes to the literature on the role of globalization in child labor by examining a specific aspect of globalization, namely social globalization. The results of the empirical analysis indicate that social globalization does have a significant negative impact on the average incidence of child labor in the cross-country sample of developing countries. This contrasts with the existing literature on economic globalization and child labor, where, in many cases, no significant effect is found.
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- Olsson, Ola, 1971, et al.
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Political Economy
- 2010
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In: Encyclopedia of Geography. - New York : SAGE Publications.
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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