We use leximetric data coding techniques and panel data econometrics to test for the economic effects of laws governing worker representation and industrial action in the large middle-income countries of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa. We find that more worker-protective laws on...

The weak enforcement of the ILO makes its body of international labor law merely an inspiration. Thus labor protection largely remains border- and culture-bound, unless stipulated by treaty. For example, an alleged sexual harasser under American law is subject to Title VII civil liability,...

During the Covid crisis the population in regime of telework jumped from 3% to 25% of the workforce. This study aims at better understanding how the massive shift to telework following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic affected workers' jobs and lives in France during the first lockdown...