Globalisation, the process by which an increasing share of world production is traded
internationally, and the productive systems of different countries become increasingly
integrated, is credited with many merits and held responsible for many evils. The
present paper attempts to answer the following question: given that international trade
has major allocative and distributive implications, are children likely to be among the
losers? More specifically, given that child labour appears to be on the increase
worldwide, could this be a consequence of globalisation?
The current wave of globalisation started soon after the end of the second
world war, but got in its stride in the 1980s, as rapid progress in information and
transport technology compounded the effects of trade liberalisation (Krugman, 1995).
To try and understand the consequences of globalisation it thus seems reasonable to
look at what has happened over the last couple of decades. Much of the existing......
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