FOUR PROPOSITIONS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS |
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| Authors: | Art Carden Joshua Hall |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Business at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, USA;2. Department of Economics and Management at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, USA |
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| Abstract: | International labour rights organisations pay considerable attention to the working conditions in less developed countries. For labour rights activists, labour standards such as collective bargaining rights and maternal leave promote economic progress. We argue that this perspective has the causation backwards and that it is economic development that causes the codification of improved working conditions. |
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| Keywords: | Labour standards sweatshops economic development child labour |
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