TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Doepke, Matthias
AU  - Zilibotti, Fabrizio
        TI  - Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem?
        PY  - 2009/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4214
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4214
        AB  - In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce the incidence of child labor in developing countries and thereby improve children's welfare. In this paper, we examine the effects of such policies from a political-economy perspective. We show that these types of international action on child labor tend to lower domestic political support within developing countries for banning child labor. Hence, international labor standards and product boycotts may delay the ultimate eradication of child labor.
        KW  - international labor standards
KW  - political economy
KW  - child labor
KW  - trade sanctions
        ER  -