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Industrial relations at centre stage : efficiency, equity and voice in the governance of global labour standards
Haipeter, Thomas; Helfen, Markus; Kirsch, Anja; … - In: Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, … 28 (2021) 2, pp. 148-171
Considering the persistent violation of labour rights, questions arise as to the effectiveness of policy instruments regarding the governance of global labour standards. We adopt an industrial relations perspective to compare three broad categories of policy instruments: state-centred...
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Globalisation and Deglobalisation- Malaysia
2019
Malaysia's integration into global value chains has played a crucial role in the recent development of the economy … and highly skilled workers. However, Malaysia is also now faced with new issues, such as a heavier reliance on foreign … workers and heightened vulnerability from global developments. In particular, Malaysia also faces challenges posed by highly …
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Reviving Indian IT Sector Amid Trump's Protectionist Policies
Patil, Ameya - 2017
Trump's nationalist policies, especially the ones relating to H-1 B visas are seen to be taking a toll on India's $150 billion information technology industry, which relies heavily on exports to the United States. Trump's policies regarding H1 B visas could slow down and make this sector less...
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Can WTO member states rely on citizen concerns to prevent corporations from importing goods made from child labour?
Nissen, Aleydis - 2018
There has been a polarised debate on the desirability of import restrictions to increase corporate accountability for child labour that occurs in global supply chains. Some scholars have indicated that states in favour of imposing import restrictions could sidestep this debate relying upon the...
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Environment and labour on the trade agenda : lessons for India from the TPP Agreement
Hoda, Anwarul; Rai, Durgesh K. - 2017
This paper undertakes an evaluation of the Labour and Environment chapters of the TPP Agreement, with a view to determining India's stand if the same or similar provisions are proposed in multilateral, plurilateral or bilateral agreements in future. Analysis in the paper shows that if TPP like...
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Regional Trade Agreements with Labor Clauses : Effects on Labor Standards and Trade
Kamata, Isao - 2014
An increasing number of regional trade agreements (RTAs) include “labor clauses” that require or urge the signatory countries to commit to maintaining a certain level of labor standards. This paper, starting by classifying more than 200 currently effective RTAs depending on the nature and...
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A Look at Labor Standards and Neglected Human Rights Issues
McGee, Robert W. - 2016
Various groups have been demanding that discussions of labor standards be included in all future trade negotiations. The press is full of stories of alleged exploitation of child labor and other employment abuses in developing countries and human rights groups have demanded that something be...
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Child Labor Standards in Regional Trade Agreements : Theory and Evidence
Abman, Ryan M.; Lundberg, Clark C.; McLaren, John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the impact of child labor standards in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) on a variety of child labor market outcomes, including employment, education, and household inequality. We develop a stylized general equilibrium model of child labor in an economy open to international trade and...
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