Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy - Hardcover

Flanagan, Robert J.

 
9780195306002: Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy

Synopsis

This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the late 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.

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About the Author

Robert J. Flanagan is Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Labor Economics and Policy Analysis, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

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