effect of globalization on labor rights is ambiguous. Empirically, we find little evidence that globalization drives … movements in labor rights in either direction …

The United States has experienced a significant decline in labor unions over the past half-century. We examine the … aggregate labor market impact of labor unions, the causes of their decline, and their welfare and distributional consequences … insurance expansions contribute to the union's decline. We then develop and estimate an equilibrium labor search model where …

, including the prevalence of labor rights violations. We construct novel measures of labor violation rates using data from … the number of violations per employee and a 4% decrease in fines per dollar of pay. Reduced labor market concentration and … increased union coverage rate are also associated with reductions in labor violations. Overall, labor violations are regressive …

China's new Labor Contract Law took effect on January 2008 and required firms to give migrant workers written contracts …, strengthened labor protections for workers and contained penalties for firms that did not follow the labor code. This paper uses … received their first labor contract to assess the effects of the law on labor outcomes. The evidence shows that the new law …

) on total factor productivity (TFP) and labor productivity in India. Identification of the effect of EPL follows from a … labor regulation and heterogeneous industry characteristics. The fundamental identification assumption is that EPL is more … likely to restrict firms operating in industries with higher labor intensity and/or higher sales volatility. Our results show …