INVESTIGADORES
RONCONI Lucas
artículos
Título:
Globalization, Domestic Institutions and Enforcement of Labor Law: Evidence from Latin America
Autor/es:
LUCAS RONCONI
Revista:
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
Editorial:
John Wiley & Sons
Referencias:
Año: 2012 vol. 51 p. 89 - 105
ISSN:
1468-232X
Resumen:
This paper provides new measures of government enforcement of labor regulations in eighteen Latin American countries between 1985 and 2009, and explores how it is affected by external and domestic factors. The results suggest that governments react to the competitive pressures produced by trade opening by turning a blind eye to noncompliance, but increase enforcement in response to higher FDI. Governments also react to the demands of their constituent base to keep their support and reinforce partisan affinities, and workers are more effective in more democratic systems.
