The impact of trade liberalization and other socio-economic factors in the employment of children of households engaged in the manufacturing industry

• Main Authors: Ho, Charleen Mae, Que, Katrina Soleil, Racpan, Katrina Anne.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2006
• Subjects: Children > Employment; Free trade; Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5837
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study considers the effect of trade liberalization on child labor. Trade liberalization can bring about an increase in the income of unskilled laborers, which includes child workers. This increase in household income can either discourage or encourage child labor depending on the larger between...