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Springer Qualitative Indicators Of Labour Standards Comparative Methods And Applications 2007 Edition by David Kucera
Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing interest in the use and construction of "qualitative" indicators of labour standards. This volume results from a seminar that was organized to address these and related questions. The contributions offer a unique comparative critique of the progress toward standards. Contributors include academic experts as well as lawyers social scientists and NGO experts who have done significant work on labour standards. Table of contents : 1. Introduction and Overview David Kucera (ILO).- 2. Indicators of Labour Standard: An Overview and Comparison Richard Block.- 3. Country-level Assessments of Labor Conditions in Emerging Markets: An Approach for Institutional Investors Dan Viederman and Erik Klett.- 4. Decent Work Standards and Indicators Monique Zarka-Martres and Monique Guichard-Kelly.- 5. The Quantification of Respect for Selected Core Labor Standards: Towards a Social Development Index? Ludo Cuyvers and Daniel Van Den Bulcke.- 6. Measuring Trade Union Rights by Violations of These Rights David Kucera.- 7. Taking Labour Laws to the Domestic Dentist: Measuring Countries' Compliance with International Labour Non-discrimination Standards Miriam Abu Sharkh.- 8. Towards an Index of Core Rights Gaps W.R. Boehning.- 9. Employment Protection in Industrialized Countries: The Case for New Indicators Giuseppe Bertola Tito Boeri and Sandrine Cazes.- 10. Measuring Concealed Rights Violations: The Case of Forced Labour Patrick Belser Michaelle de Cock and Farhad Mehran.- Index.