CEPA and the Economics Department of New School University host:

This conference focused on the effect of foreign direct investment and international outsourcing on work and pay in developing countries. Papers on Mexico, China, Chile, South Africa, and Pakistan explored how globalized production has changed wages, labor relations and, in particular, how it has affected workers of different skills, regions and gender.

WELCOME: 9:00-9:30 am
Will Milberg, New School University

Session I: 9:30-11:10 am

GLOBALIZATION AND THE GENDER WAGE GAP: EVIDENCE FROM EAST ASIA
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers (College of William and Mary)
Discussant: Will Milberg (New School University)

SKILL-UPGRADING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: HAS INWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PLAYED A ROLE?
Matthew Slaughter (Dartmouth College) - Download (PDF, 99 KB)
Discussant: David Howell (New School University)

Session II: 11:30 am-12:15 pm

Roundtable Discussion:
GLOBALIZATION AND LABOR - REPORTS FROM THE FIELD
Chile: Janine Berg (New School University) - Download (PDF, 68 KB)
Eastern Europe: Bettina Musiolek (Mount Holyoke College)
Moderator: Sanjay Reddy (Barnard College)

Lunch Break

Session III: 1:30-3:10 pm

FLEXIBLE WORK, SUBCONTRACTING AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS IN ASIA
Radhika Balakrishnan (Marymount Manhattan College) - Download (PDF, 65 KB)
Discussant: Elissa Braunstein (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)

OUTSOURCING AND INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS IN GLOBAL COMMODITY CHAINS
Gary Gereffi (Duke University) - Download (PDF, 109 KB)
Discussant: Anwar Shaikh (New School University)

Session IV: 3:30-5:30 pm

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA: LABOR MARKET EFFECTS AND LESSONS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL POLICY REGIME
Elissa Braunstein and Gerald Epstein (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) - Download (PDF, 141 KB)
Discussant: Jan Kregel (UNCTAD)

LOCAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND THE FORMULATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS
Michael Piore (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussant: Candace Howes (Connecticut College)

Concluding Remarks