Options for enforcing labor standards: Lessons from Bangladesh and Cambodia

Arbeitspapier

This study examines labor standards enforcement and compliance in two Asian economies (Bangladesh and Cambodia) that have amongst the lowest labor costs in the world but are experiencing strong pressures to improve the price competitiveness of their textile and garment exports. Analysis of survey, focus group, and inspection data indicate differing trajectories in compliance with basic labor standards. While extremely low wages and poor working conditions have persisted in Bangladesh, compliance has begun to improve in Cambodia following a trade agreement with the United States that linked positive trade incentives with labor standards enforcement. These contrasting experiences suggest that in less developed countries governments consider trade-linked schemes to achieve improvements in working conditions without hindering export growth or job growth.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2008-14

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: working conditions ; enforcement ; labor laws ; female workers ; gender and trade ; Sozialstandards ; Arbeitsbedingungen ; Preiswettbewerb ; Arbeitskosten ; Bangladesch ; Kambodscha ; Handelsabkommen ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; USA

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Berik, Günseli ; van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The University of Utah, Department of Economics
• (wo): Salt Lake City, UT
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/64421
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ