2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Economic theory study on the impact of trade and economic growth on the elimination of child labor in developing countries
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20K01621
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
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| Research Institution | Hosei University |
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Principal Investigator |
Kitaura Koji 法政大学, 社会学部, 教授 (90565300)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
宮澤 和俊 同志社大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00329749)
焼田 党 南山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (50135290)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 経済成長 / 貿易 / 児童労働 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we analyzed how the relationship between trade and economic growth affects the elimination of child labor, and if so, what policies are effective in the elimination of child labor. In particular, we focused on the relationship between trade and child labor based on the latest estimates from the ILO (2017). After analyzing how the expansion of trade affects households' child labor choices, we considered policies to eradicate child labor.
The results are as follows: If the skill premium of the assumed country increases, child labor decreases. In contrast, if the skill premium of the assumed country decreases, child labor increases. This suggests the possibility of a divide in which developing countries that get off to the right start through trade liberalization will specialize in lower-skill activities than if they had not liberalized, while developing countries that get off to the wrong start will specialize even more in lower-skill activities.
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| Free Research Field |
経済政策
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
これまで児童労働撲滅に対する政策提言は，主に教育政策をCoercive measureやCollaborative measure に分類することができる。Coercive measure は児童労働の禁止や輸出財の規制など，人権の確保，企業の社会的責任，貿易政策が当てはまる。それに対して，Collaborative measure は教育補助や所得移転政策（条件付現金給付政策など）である。これらの政策について検討した結果は，児童に対する政策だけでなく，その親世代に対して，あらかじめ対応する必要があることを示唆している。これは，従来の児童労働分野にはない知見である。
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