Occupational Group: Garment Workers

A Common Thread: Issues for Women Workers in the Garment Sector

Outworkers and Precarity: The Case of Victorian Clothing WorkersJust Policy: A Journal of Australian Social Policy

Abstract: Clothing outworkers are some of the most exploited and marginalised workers in the Australian labour market. If trade unions are...

Subcontracted Women Workers in the Garment Industry in India

Public Disclosure, Reputation Sensitivity, and Labor Law Compliance: Evidence from Better Factories CambodiaReview of Development Economics

This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

Social Protection for Informal Workers in the Garment Industry: Philippines and Thailand

Bringing Commodity Chain Analysis Back to its World Systems Roots: Rediscovering Women’s Work and Households

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The Impact of International Outsourcing on Unionization and Wages: Evidence from the Apparel Export Sector in Central America

This article interrogates the common industrial relations assumption that increased manufacturing jobs will create increased unionization...

The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of subcontracted Work in a Global Economy

As described on amazon.com, “The Hidden Assembly Line studies the impact of subcontracted work in different national settings, linking...

Informal Economies and Urban Governance in Nigeria: Popular Empowerment or Political Exclusion?African Studies Review

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We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.