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British jobs for British workers? UK industrial action and free movement of services in EU law

Kilpatrick, Claire - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

The European Court of Justice’s new approach to posting of workers is explored in light of recent UK industrial action. Four doctrinal positions are identified and probed: the host-state standards posted workers can enjoy, the role of collective standards and action to set and enforce...

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Is there a human right not to be a trade union member?: labour rights under the European Convention on Human Rights

Mantouvalou, Virginia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

This paper examines the protection of labour rights in the context of civil and political rights documents and explores the compatibility of closed shop arrangements with human rights law. It contributes to the relevant debates in two ways. First, it seeks to examine how the “integrated...

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Life after work: privacy and dismissal

Mantouvalou, Virginia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

This article addresses the issue of termination of employment because of the conduct of the employee in her leisure time, in the light of the human right to private life. It explores the impact on the retention of employment of activities taking place outside the workplace and outside working...

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What voice do British workers want?

Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

The problems/need for representation and participation reported by workers vary across workplaces and by types of jobs. Workers with greater workplace needs are more desirous of unions but their preferences are fine-grained. Workers want unions to negotiate wages and work conditions and for...

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Trading places: employers, unions and the manufacture of voice

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Willman, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we show that over the last quarter century union voice – especially union-only voice – has been associated with poorer climate, more industrial action, poorer financial performance and poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice...

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Non-farm diversification and rural poverty decline: a perspective from Indian sample survey and village study data

Himanshu, Himanshu; Lanjouw, Peter; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper studies the evolution of the rural non-farm sector in India and its contribution to the decline of poverty … close study over a period of six decades. Sample survey data indicate that the non-farm sector in rural India has grown … in India as both particularly closely linked to rural non-farm development and recording particularly high rates of urban …

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Poverty, inequality and mobility in Palanpur: observations from Palanpur

Himanshu, Himanshu; Bakshi, Ishan; Dufour, Camille - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

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The auto-component supply chain in China and India: a benchmark study

Sutton, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

manufacturers in China and six in India; a range of general component suppliers in both countries, and on a detailed benchmarking …

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Hundi/hawala: the problem of definition

Martin, Marina B.V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

In contemporary times, hundi has collected countless labels; the international press has spurned innumerable villainous descriptions, the bulk of which have helped to perpetuate a dense fog of notoriety. The critical problem lies in definition. As there is an incomplete understanding of hundi's...

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Just rewards? Local politics and public resource allocation in South India

Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini; Rao, Vijayendra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

This paper uses data on elected village councils in South India to examine the political economy of public resource …

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