Trade unions in the south and co-operation between unions in the South and in the North: A survey of the economics literature

Mari Kangasniemi and Jukka Pirttilä

No 285, Working Papers from Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE

Abstract: This paper offers a survey of the recent economic literature on the effects of unions in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on the impact of unionisation on labour standards. The paper also discusses the studies – or, more aptly, the lack thereof – of the impact of development aid that is channelled via unions. The observations point towards important areas for rigorous further empirical research.

Keywords: rade unions; development; civil society; labour standards; development aid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J51 O15 O22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2013-05-01
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