Do foreign-owned firms pay more? Evidence from the Indonesian manufacturing sector 1990-99 - [pdf 439 KB] 01 January 2005 - In this paper, Ann Harrison and Jason Scorse utilize Indonesian manufacturing census data from 1990 to 1999 to address whether MNEs pay higher wages than comparable domestic enterprises. The Indonesian dataset is particularly interesting as it allows the measurement of the educational attainment of the workers in each plant and the tracking of the same plant over time. ... (Working paper)
The IUF/COLSIBA – CHIQUITA framework agreement: a case study. Working Paper No. 94 - [pdf 296 KB] 01 January 2004 - This paper argues that such international agreements show a promising way to defend and advance workers rights within MNEs, allowing trade unions to develop a sophisticated multi-level response to the challenges of MNEs geographically dispersed production systems and outsourcing strategies. ... (Working paper)