The Quantification of Respect for Selected Core Labour Standards: Towards a Social Development Index?

Civil Society Involvement in International Development Cooperation: In Search for Data

“…In Krumm et al (2001); Busse (2001), Cooke and Noble (1998), Rodrik (1996), In Lawrence et al 53 Kucera and Sarna (2004), Flanagan (2003), Belser (2001), Busse (2001). 54 Cuyvers and Van Den Bulcke (2005). 55 See Howard (2005).…”

“…52 See Cuyvers and Van Den Bulcke (2005), Kucera and Sarna (2004), Flanagan (2003), Maskus (2003). In Krumm et al (2001); Busse (2001), Cooke and Noble (1998), Rodrik (1996), In Lawrence et al 53 Kucera and Sarna (2004), Flanagan (2003), Belser (2001), Busse (2001).…”

Do Labour Rights Matter for Export? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Pineapple Trade to the EU

“…There is no commonly approved index to measure and capture the different labour rights dimensions (Anker, Chernyshev, Egger, Mehran, & Ritter, 2003;Compa, 2003;Cuyvers & Van Den Bulcke, 2007;Teitelbaum, 2010). Measures at firm level include wage, working time and occupational health and safety, which are referred to as outcome rights (Barrientos & Smith, 2007).…”

Indicators of Labour Standards: An Overview and Comparison

“…Similar to the methodology of Galli and Kucera (2001), Cuyvers and Van Den Bulcke (2004), use an ILO Convention ratification data and other data on enforcement and government actions. The Convention data are used to create a "formal" freedom of association index, while the non-ILO data are added to create a "real" freedom of association index.…”

“…A middle ground between outcome data and legislation is used by Cuyvers and Van Den Bulcke (2004) to create a "real" child labour index to pair with their "formal" child labour index. Their "real" index incorporates ILO Convention data and data on economically active children 10-14 years of age.…”