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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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We examine the labor market consequences of recent global supply chain disruptions induced by COVID-19. Specifically, we consider a temporary increase in international trade costs similar to the one observed during the pandemic and analyze its effects on labor market outcomes using a...
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countries have also experienced deindustrialization without attaining a high economic level in the era of globalization. Since … for Western Balkan countries. Thus, our paper analyzes the impact of economic globalization on the deindustrialization …) estimation method to ensure precise results. Our research shows that in model I, the economic globalization index, economic …
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globalization in the food sector, finding evidence of a significantly aggravating impact on poverty prev-alence, adding to earlier … studies that use indicators of general globalization. The opening of food markets since the mid-1990s in Latin America might …
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We study the role of labor market mismatch in the adjustment to a trade liberalization that results in the offshoring of high-tech production. Our model features two-sided heterogeneity in the labor market: high- and low-skilled workers are matched in a frictional labor market with high- and...
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This paper studies the welfare and policy implications of globalization when risk averse workers face the risk of … unemployment. If the jobs performed by domestic workers can be easily substituted by imports, then globalization reduces wages and … increases unemployment. In this situation, in the absence of any government intervention globalization not only reduces the …
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years prior to benefit receipt. We compare women's programme entries between former male breadwinner households, dual earner …' prior division of labour in the household. In eastern Germany, by contrast, women in former male breadwinner households are … actually allocated to several programmes at higher rates than women in households without a clear former division of labour. …
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Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force …. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … to change asymmetrically for women versus men. -- divorce ; labor force participation ; gender gap ; education and skill …
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household survey for two cohorts of married women. Education norms are found to differ substantially across cohorts, with women …
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