Child Labor And Globalization

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It is a fact worldwide child labour is the most frequent in poor countries. This is because the households’ income is not high enough to live on. As a reason of this, the children have to work also. Vietnam is a poor country, because the GNP per capita is extremely low (Edmonds, Pavcnik, 2002). Besides, Vietnam is a developing country, which means that the export has increased, caused by globalization (Gunter & van der Hoeven, 2004). That is why Vietnam is an ideal country to analyse the relationship between child labour and globalization. It is a poor country with a lot of child labour, but it is also a developing country, caused by globalization. According to Edmonds & Pavcnik (2002), there is a positive relationship between the changes in the price of rice in Vietnam and child labour. This means, when the price of rice increases, this result in declines in child labour. This is explained in the next paragraph. The relationship between the changes in rice price in Vietnam and child labour is important. This is because 70% of the population in Vietnam works in the agriculture (Edmonds & Pavcnik, 2002, p. 3). Due to globalization, world trade is increasing (Preble, 2010, p. 333). This means it is more comfortable to do business with other countries. In Vietnam, an effect of globalization is the increasing demand for rice (Edmonds & Pavcnik, 2002). As a result of this, the manufacturers of this product may ask a higher price for their rice and the GNP per capita in Vietnam