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Globalization, Wages, and Working Conditions: A Case Study of Cambodian Garment Factories
Warren, Cael; Robertson, Raymond - eSocialSciences - 2011
The authors use a comprehensive data set of working conditions and wage compliance in Cambodia’s exporting garment factories to explore (1) the impact of foreign ownership on wages and working conditions, (2) whether the relationship between wages and working conditions within these...
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Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2013
As reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families trickled in in late July 2012, Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) undertook a fact finding investigation into the incident, its context and implications. [PUDR]....
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Realising Universal Labour Rights:Labour Standards for Small Enterprises in Pakistan
eSocialSciences; Pakistan Institute of Labour Education … - 2005
Labour protection has largely failed as enterprise contribution to social protection. Much labour legislation does not apply to micro and small enterprises (MSE) ; those laws that do apply are complied with and enforced poorly. In consequence, most workers are denied, by state and market, even...
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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
migrants. [Working Paper No. 442]. URL:[http://www.cds.edu/]. …
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Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - eSocialSciences - 2012
national census survey to investigate discrimination in urban labour markets against rural migrants, by comparing their … earnings and the sector (formal vs. informal) they work in with those of urban residents and urban migrants. Exploiting … rural migrants compared with urban residents, contrary to popular belief. In contrast, it is found that urban migrants in …
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The Dynamics of Health and Return Migration
Davies, Anita A; Borland, Rosilyne M; Blake, Carolyn; … - eSocialSciences - 2011
highlight the diversity of returning migrants and illustrate through examples how return migration can influence the health of …
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The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders?
Mercier, Marion - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
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Trade, Tastes and Nutrition in India
Atkin, David - eSocialSciences - 2013
-state migrants are examined, and .it is found that they consume fewer calories for a given level of food spending than otherwise …
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Migrants' Private Giving and Development: Diasporic Influences on Development in Central Gujarat, India
Guha, Puja - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper addresses the migration-development debate by developing a framework for understanding who are the migrants … backgrounds and migration histories of migrants – in terms of their destination of migration, duration of stay, and occupation … central region of Gujarat, India as a reference case, it traces the pattern of private giving by migrants from the region and …
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Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Informal Economy in India: Trends, Initiatives and Challenges
Dhanya M.B - eSocialSciences - 2013
This work examines the status of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in the informal economy in India and locates the gaps and challenges in ratifying the ILO Conventions 87, 98, 138 and 182. The study also tries to identify various gaps in the existing data base of the informal...
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