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

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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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Name in long format: Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy
ISBN-10: 0190294280
ISBN-13: 9780190294281
Book pages: 270
Book language: en
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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