How International Exchange, Technology, and Institutions Affect Workers
探讨了贸易深化、技术变革和制度弱化对发展中国家工人收入和就业安全的影响，指出中国等低收入国家进入全球生产以及贸易质量要求提高可能加剧不平等，并质疑现有制度机制的有效性。
In a world of deepening trade links, rapid technological change, and weakening institutions, workers in rich and poor countries alike are concerned about their incomes and the security of their work. In contrast to the substantial quantity of analysis on industrial countries, relatively little careful work has been done on these issues in developing countries, especially in the context of the recent globalization of economic relations. Empirical work suggests that disequalizing trends in some developing countries may have been caused by the entry of low-income countries such as China into world production or by the greater quality and technological requirements of contemporary trade in goods. Whatever the source, these results raise questions about the viability of institutional mechanisms for supporting the income security and working conditions of workers. Many labor market regulations are already ineffective owing to weak enforcement capabilities. However, in most developing countries, there will be a ...