. However, they are likely to have a more prominent role in trade policy discussions in the years ahead for the new World Trade …

the developing world and the US. Across developing countries, a higher mean income comes with a higher floor. The bulk of …

hybrid social protection policy, which devotes resources to funding “state of the world contingent transfers” (SWCTs) to …

globalization: trade and international capital flows. Past researchers have argued that global economic integration should help the …

An optimal linear world income tax that maximizes a border-neutral social welfare function provides a drastic reduction … in world consumption inequality, dropping the Gini coefficient from 0.69 to 0.25. In contrast an optimal decentralized (i ….e., within countries) redistribution has miniscule effect on world income inequality. Thus, the traditional public finance …

child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards … show that these types of international action on child labor tend to lower domestic political support within developing … countries for banning child labor. Hence, international labor standards and product boycotts may delay the ultimate eradication …

, and the role of such international institutions as the International Labor Organization and World Trade Organization in …

This paper reviews the theoretical arguments for and against linking international labor standards to trade. Based on … argued that international labor standards are merely disguised protectionism. An evaluation of determinants of support for …

of international financial institutions and free trade enthusiasts, or negative, per the ubiquitous protestors at WTO …, IMF, and World Bank meetings demanding global labor standards. Comparing the claims made in this debate with the outcomes …