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Can solidarity be organized "from below" in global supply chains? The case of ExChains
Lohmeyer, Nora; Schüßler, Elke; Helfen, Markus - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 25 (2018) 4, pp. 400-424
Global supply chains in the garment industry are marked by labour standard violations in factories as well as retail stores. Against this background it is important to strengthen the bargaining power of workers along the supply chain. Establishing direct relationships among workers along the...
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Trade and investment effects of forced labour: An empirical assessment
Busse, Matthias; Braun, Sebastian - 2002
In dem vorliegenden Beitrag werden die internationalen ökonomischen Auswirkungen der Zwangsarbeit untersucht, das heißt … die Beziehung zwischen Zwangsarbeit sowie ausländischen Direktinvestitionen einerseits und komparativen Handelsvorteilen … anderseits. Im Mittelpunkt dabei steht zum einen eine Diskussion verschiedener Formen und der Verbreitung von Zwangsarbeit, zum …
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Bondage: Labor and rights in Eurasia from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries
Stanziani, Alessandro - 2018
For the first time, this book provides the global history of labor in Central Eurasia, Russia, Europe, and the Indian Ocean between the 16th and 20th centuries. It contests common views on free and unfree labor, comparing the latter to many Western countries where wage conditions resembled those...
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Zu wenig Zwang gegen Zwangsarbeit: Der Verordnungsvorschlag über ein Verbot von in Zwangsarbeit hergestellten Produkten
Nodewald, Franka - 2023
Obwohl Zwangsarbeit seit fast einem Jahrhundert verboten ist, befinden sich immer noch circa 27,6 Millionen Menschen in … Zwangsarbeit. Aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie, der Klimakrise und bewaffneter Konflikte, wie zuletzt des russischen Angriffskriegs … Europäische Kommission veranlasst, einen Vorschlag für eine Verordnung über ein Verbot von in Zwangsarbeit hergestellten Produkten …
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Praca przymusowa imigrantów w Polsce: Analiza na przykładzie społeczności ukraińskiej i wietnamskiej
Dąbrowski, Paweł - 2012
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The relationship between stature and insolation : evidence from soldiers and prisoners
Carson, Scott Alan - 2009
Nineteenth century white US statures varied with nutrition, disease exposure, and the physical environment. An additional explanation for stature growth is vitamin D production. Vitamin D is produced internally by the synthesis of cholesterol and sunlight in the epidermis. However, studies that...
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The Impact of the War 1991: 1995 on the Croatian Economy: A Contribution to the Analysis of War Economies
Schönfelder, Bruno - 2005
Eigenarten einer Kriegswirtschaft hervor. Weder kam es zu einer zurückgestauten Inflation noch zu einer Verstärkung …
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The U.S. economy in WWII as a model for coping with climate change
Rockoff, Hugh - 2016
During World War II the United States rapidly transformed its economy to cope with a wide range of scarcities, such as shortfalls in the amounts of ocean shipping, aluminum, rubber, and other raw materials needed for the war effort. This paper explores the mobilization to see whether it provides...
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War and the American Economy
Rockoff, Hugh - 2005
To cover fully the economics of war would require encyclopedia unto itself. Here I will provide brief introductions to four questions: (1) to what extent did economic forces cause America's wars, (2) after going to war, how has the United States managed the reallocation of resources, (3) how has...
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Did British women achieve long-term economic benefits from working in essential WWII industries?
Hart, Robert A. - 2009
Between mid-1939 and mid-1943 almost 2.2 million additional women were recruited into Britain's essential war industries. These consisted, predominantly, of young women recruited into metal and chemical industries. Much of the increased labour supply was achieved through government directed...
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