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Trade Liberalization and Child Labor: A Case Study of Pakistan |
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| Authors: | Muhammad Nawaz Muhammad Nasir Amanat Ali Waheed Chaudhry |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Management Science, COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan;(2) Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan;(3) Department of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan;(4) Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Abstract: | The boom in industrial sector has lead to many problems and child labor is no exception. This study explores the linkages between trade liberalization and child labor both in short and long-run. The results suggest that GDP per capita and income inequality increase the child labor in the long-run but these results disappear in short-run. The study also finds that income inequality has positive and significant impact on child labor. Our findings also support that trade openness along with trade sanctions (imposed by the developed countries) are associated with the reduction in child labor in Pakistan. |
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