Progressive governments in poor countries fear that if they undertake measures to enhance real wages and working conditions, rising labor costs would cause wealthier countries to import from and invest elsewhere. Yet if the world trading system were designed to facilitate or even reward measures to
International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage
β Scribed by Christian Barry, Sanjay G. Reddy
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 221
- Category
- Library
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<p>Progressive governments in poor countries fear that if they undertake measures to enhance real wages and working conditions, rising labor costs would cause wealthier countries to import from and invest elsewhere. Yet if the world trading system were designed to facilitate or even reward measures
Annotation<p>This OECD study provides a current overview of key trade and labour standards issues, aiming to provide a common basis for constructive policy dialogue among the concerned parties in the future.</div>
<p>It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the di
<p>It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the di