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

• Main Authors: Doytch, Nadia, Thelen, Nina, Mendoza, Ronald U
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2014
• Subjects: FDI; Child labor; Income and substitution effect; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; Economics; Labor Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/128; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740914003326
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Not all foreign direct investment (FDI) is alike as far as its impact on various dimensions of human development is concerned. This paper focuses, in particular, on child labor and it undertakes a cross-country empirical analysis of this issue, using data on 100 countries spanning the period 1990–20...