The Generalized System of Preferences and NGO activism
Lionel Fontagné
(1, 2, 3, 4)
,
Michela Limardi
(1, 5)
Lionel Fontagné
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- IdHAL : lionelfontagne
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Michela Limardi
- Fonction : Auteur
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Résumé
Can NGOs contribute to the implementation of Labor Laws in a developing country? We exploit as a quasi-natural experiment the renegotiation of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) between the US and Indonesia in 1994, which induced the Indonesian government to raise the level of the legal minimum wage. Using data from Indonesian manufacturing firms, a diff-in-diff analysis and an event study show that the activism of workers’ rights groups helped increase firm-level average wages up to the minimum-wage level, not only inside but also outside the export sector. Labor NGO activism helped to implement the new minimum wage standards in a country that lacked strong governmental institutions.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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The Generalized System of Preferences and NGO activism
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Résumé |
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Can NGOs contribute to the implementation of Labor Laws in a developing country? We exploit as a quasi-natural experiment the renegotiation of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) between the US and Indonesia in 1994, which induced the Indonesian government to raise the level of the legal minimum wage. Using data from Indonesian manufacturing firms, a diff-in-diff analysis and an event study show that the activism of workers’ rights groups helped increase firm-level average wages up to the minimum-wage level, not only inside but also outside the export sector. Labor NGO activism helped to implement the new minimum wage standards in a country that lacked strong governmental institutions.
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Auteur(s) |
Lionel Fontagné
1, 2, 3, 4
, Michela Limardi
1, 5
1
CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
Banque de France -
Banque de France
( 183299 )
- France
4
CEPII -
Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales
( 39083 )
- 9 rue Georges Pitard - 75740 Paris Cedex 15
- France
5
Université de Lille
( 374570 )
- EPE Université de Lille. -- 42 rue Paul Duez, 59000 Lille
- France
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2024-01
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Volume |
166
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103207 |
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