Prospects for labor-related upgrading in global supply chains

Layna Mosley

Chapter 8 in Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards, 2022, pp 142-164 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: To what extent do market-based mechanisms create incentives for upgrading workers' rights and working conditions? An optimistic approach would note that global supply chains offer developing country firms the promise of expanded market opportunities; servicing these markets may require better treatment of workers. Conversely, a more pessimistic account would cite global supply chain relationships - and firms' desire to access such networks - as generating further pressures to reduce working conditions and compensation. In this chapter, I suggest that global supply chains can provide opportunities for upgrading. In doing so, I draw on recent research on foreign-owned firms in Vietnam. I also note, however, that the conditions under which upgrading occurs may be rather limited, given other analyses of private governance and labor-related outcomes in (among other places) the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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