Labor Standards and Human Rights: Implications for International Trade and Investment

Drusilla Brown (), Alan Deardorff and Robert Stern

Chapter 5 in Regulation of Foreign Investment:Challenges to International Harmonization, 2013, pp 153-195 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionHuman Dignity in an Integrated Global EconomyGlobalization, labor and human-rights violations, and the remedy for market inefficiencyEmpirical Evidence on the Impact of Labor Standards on International Trade and Investment: Is There a Race to the Bottom?The experience of US GSP and better factories CambodiaOther evidence of the effects of labor standards on trade and investmentIs there a race to the bottom?ConclusionsReferences

Keywords: Harmonization; Regulation; Foreign Investment; International Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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