Occupational Group: Garment Workers

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.

Corporations and Human Rights Law: The Emerging Consensus and its Effects on Women’s Employment Rights

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One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the...

New Governance and the Role of Public and Private Monitoring of Labor Conditions: Sweatshops and China Social Compliance for Textile and Apparel Industry/CSC9000T

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