Do Labor Standards Affect Comparative Advantage in Developing Countries

By M. Busse. 2002

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Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor (2004, unknown): “With respect to trade openness, our results generally support the evidence reported in Cigno et al. (2002) and Shelburne (2001). But contrary to Cigno et al. (2002) we find that what matters for child labor is actual trade openness as commonly measured by the sum of imports and exports divided by GD”
The “Bad Labor” Footprint: Quantifying the Social Impacts of Globalization (2014, background): “Many case studies demonstrate that bad labor conditions, such as child labor, forced labor, and poor working conditions and pay, are associated with the production of internationally traded goods [12–17].”
Globalization and the Right to Free Association and Collective (2005, unknown): “In contrast to these studies, however, Busse (2002) finds that a higher incidence of forced labor and a lower unionization rate increase comparative advantage in unskilled labor-intensive manufactured goods, measured as the ratio of exports of such goods to total exports of goods.”