@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp470, author={Cigno, Alessandro and Rosati, Furio C. and Guarcello, Lorenzo}, title={Does Globalisation Increase Child Labour?}, year={2002}, month={Apr}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={470}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp470}, abstract={There is no empirical evidence that trade exposure per se increases child labour. As trade theory and household economics lead us to expect, the cross-country evidence seems to indicate that trade reduces or, at worst, has no significant effect on child labour. Consistently with the theory, a comparatively well educated labour force, and active social policies, appear to be conducive to a reduction in child labour. For countries with a largely uneducated workforce, the problem is not so much globalisation, as being allowed to take part in it.}, keywords={education;globalisation;child labour;skill premium;trade;health}, }