In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their attention to the question of
why children work. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the more recent …

The new updated edition of Children, Youth and Development explores the varied ways in
which global processes in the form of development policies, economic and cultural …

One of the concerns over globalization is that as nations compete for investment, they relax
labor standards to attract firms. Using spatial estimation on panel data for 135 countries over …

This paper reviews the different concepts of measuring activities of multinational
corporations. It aims at working out the economic relationships that theoretically exist …

The effect of FDI on domestic entrepreneurship: the case of greenfield investment and cross-border
M&A activities | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open …

The extent to what bad labor conditions across the globe are associated with international
trade is unknown. Here, we quantify the bad labor conditions associated with consumption …

We present the first systematic study on child labor in China. Child labor is not a negligible
social phenomenon in China; about 7.74% of children aged from 10 to 15 were working in …

Does foreign direct investment (FDI) lead to better or worse labour standards in developing
countries? We argue that it depends on the type of labour right, and how costly it is to protect …

This paper discusses the different concepts of measuring multinational corporations'
activities to provide empirical researchers helpful guidelines about which measures to use in …

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 …