Globalization and Labor Conditions

Explains how three mechanisms of globalization - international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies - have altered working conditions around the world during the 20th century. This book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.

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This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization - international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies - have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.