Foreign direct investment and fundamental workers' rights

Abstract

The main focus of the article is the link between foreign direct investment and fundamental workers' rights. It discusses how fundamental workers' rights, sometimes called core labour standards, can influence foreign direct investment flows and empirical tests that linkage. The results show that, contrary to the conventional wisdom that foreign direct investment will predominately be attracted by countries with lower rights, improved workers' rights are in fact positively associated with foreign direct investment inflows. Concerns about "social dumping" or "a race to the bottom" with respect to workers' rights appear to be mistaken. This result even holds for poor developing countries.

Keywords

human rights;Zaposleni;Tuje naložbe;Neposredne naložbe;Delavska participacija;Delavci;Delovni pogoji;Pravice;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2002
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC:	330.322:342.7-057.1
COBISS:	21350237
ISSN:	1408-6980
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Tuje neposredne naložbe in temeljne pravice delavcev
Secondary abstract:	Glavni fokus članka je povezava med tujimi neposrednimi naložbami in temeljnimi pravicami delavcev. Avtor razpravlja, kako lahko varovanje osnovnih pravic delavcev (včasih poimenovano tudi minimalni delovni pogoji) vpliva na tokove tujih neposrednih naložb. To povezavo zato empirično preverja. Rezultati kažejo, da so izboljšane pravice delavcev dejansko povezane z večjim pritokom teh tujih naložb. To je v nasprotju s prevladujočimi pričakovanji, po katerih naj bi tuje neposredne naložbe pritegnile predvsem države z nižjimi standardi pravic. Zato so pomisleki o 'socialnem dampingu' ali o 'dirki za znižanje' standardov varovanja pravic delavcev neutemeljeni. Takšni rezultati veljajo tudi za revne države v razvoju.
Secondary keywords:	človekove pravice;Employees;Foreign investments;Direct investments;Workers' participation;Workers;Working conditions;Rights;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 143-155, 217, 219
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ5
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ2
Chronology:	Jun. 2002
ID:	14890040