Coerced Labor in the Cotton Sector: How Global Commodity Prices (Don’t) Transmit to the Poor

Published By: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Published Date: May, 01 , 2016

This paper investigates the economic fortunes of coerced vs. free workers in a global supply chain. To identify the differential treatment of otherwise similar workers we resort to a unique exogenous labor demand shock that affects wages in voluntary and involuntary labor relations differently.

Author(s): Alexander M. Danzer, Robert Grundke | Posted on: Jun 22, 2016 | Views() | Download (146)


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