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SUMMARY:Development and political economy seminar - Laura Boudreau
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DESCRIPTION:Western stakeholders are increasingly demanding that multinatio
 nals sourcing from developing countries be accountable for working conditio
 ns upstream in their supply chains. In response\, many multinationals priva
 tely enforce labor standards in these countries\, but the effects of their 
 interventions on local firms and workers are unknown. I partnered with 29 m
 ultinational retail and apparel firms to enforce local labor laws on their 
 suppliers in Bangladesh. I implemented a field experiment with 84 garment f
 actories\, randomly enforcing a mandate for safety committees. The interven
 tion increases compliance with the law and improves measures of safety. My 
 findings are consistent with a model of imperfect monitoring in which MNCs 
 provide positive penalties for noncompliance. These improvements do not app
 ear to come at significant costs to suppliers in terms of efficiency. Facto
 ries with better managerial practices drive the improvements\, while those 
 with poor practices do not improve\, and in these factories\, workers’ jo
 b satisfaction declines.\\n\\nContact: Timothée Demont : timothee.demont[
 at]univ-amu.frEva Raiber : eva.raiber[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d'information
 s: https://www.amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr/evenements/laura-boudreau
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CONTACT:Timothée Demont :&nbsp\;timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frEva Raiber :
 &nbsp\;eva.raiber[at]univ-amu.fr
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