Globalization, wages, and the quality of jobs : five country studies / Raymond Robertson ... [et al.], editors.
Contributor(s): Robertson, Raymond
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304.8 INT 2006 International migration, remittances, and the brain drain | 305.3896220954 DEG 2008 Globalization on the ground : | 330 KRE 2015 Economics / | 331.12091724 GLO 2009 Globalization, wages, and the quality of jobs : | 338.4096894 SER 2007 Services trade and development : | 338.91091724 CHA 2005 Aid, institutions and development : | 339.46 SEP 1999 Poverty and famines : |
Online version:
Globalization, wages, and the quality of jobs.
Washington D.C. : World Bank, c2009
(OCoLC)749172074
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents Overview: the promises and perils of globalization / Raymond Robertson ... [et al.] -- A review of the globailization literature: implications for employment, wages, and labor standards / Drusilla Brown -- Globalization and working conditions : a framework for county studies / Raymond Robertson -- Globalization and working conditions : evidence from Cambodia / Samsen Neak and Raymond Robertson -- The effect of globalization on working conditions: El Salvador, 1995-2005 -- Globalization and working conditions : evidence from Honduras / Douglas Marcouiller and Raymond Robertson -- Globalization and working conditions: evidence from Indonesia / Raymond Robertson ... [et al.] -- Export processing zones in Madagascar: the impact of the dismantling of clothing quotas on employment and labor standards / Jean-Pierre Cling, Mireille Razafindrakoto, and François Roubaud.
Summary:
Trade liberalization holds both promises and perils for workers around the world. This book uses a fresh analytical framework to show that while globalization has been associated with improvements in working conditions in the exposed sectors (apparel and textile), questions remain about the durability and generalization of such improvements.
Economics
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