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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Child Labour: The Effects of Globalisation
Author(s): Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam
Citation: Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam, (2012) "Child Labour: The Effects of Globalisation," Vol. 13, Iss. 4, pp. 59-71
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This paper investigates the causes and consequences of child labour with a particular attention on
globalisation-child labour nexus. Poverty is still revealed as a strong determinant of child labour.
Parents’ education, credit market constraints, schooling performance, child’s nutrition and health status,
family size and birth order, higher schooling costs, lack of quality education, employer’s attitude,
inappropriate government policy also play major roles. Child labour negatively affects child’s physical
and mental health, educational outcomes, adult employment and adult earnings. The theoretical
arguments regarding the effects of globalisation on child labour is ambiguous. Empirical evidences also
provide us mixed results.
