Sewing for Repressors: Does sectoral characteristics of clothing-export industry lead to labor-repressive regimes?

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Business Influence in Politics

Brief Overview

Sectoral characteristics make clothing industry especially inhospitable for labor rights. Cross-country and panel data analysis support the claim that higher concentration of clothing industry negatively affects workers’ conditions and institutions

Author

• Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, University of Oregon