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The History and Political Economy of International Labor Standards; Introduction; Categories of Labor Standards; The Sources of Agitation for Improved Labor Standards; Morals and Economics: Long-standing Arguments; Control and Enforcement; Patterns of Labor Standards Evolution; Early Examples of Legislation; The Types of Legislation; The Impact of Labor Standards 327 $aEarly International AgreementsThe International Labor Organization; Final Remarks; Appendix 1: Labor Standards in the Scandinavian Nations; Commentary 1.1 The Parallels Between the Past and the Present; The Parallels Between the Past and the Present; The Macroeconomics of Child Labor; The Microeconomics of Child Labor; Labor Standards and Social Policy Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix: Nussbaum's List; Commentary 1.2 Legislation Versus Bargaining Power: The Evolution of Scandinavian Labor Standards; Part III: The Theory of International Labor Standards 327 $aChapter 2. The Impact of International Labor Standards: A Survey of Economic TheoryIntroduction; Delineating Labor Standards; Labor Markets and Labor Standards; Labor Standards in the Global Economy; Who Decides and How?; What Happens to the Poor?; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Basic Competitive Model; Appendix 2; Appendix 3: Monopsony; Commentary 2.1 Old Wine in New Bottles?; Commentary 2.2 Governing Labor Relations; Incomplete Contracts and Workers' Rights; Working Conditions; Conclusion; Part IV: The Issue of Child Labor; Chapter 3. Child Labor: Theory, Evidence, and Policy; Introduction 327 $aTheories of Child Labor: Models of Household DecisionsEmpirical Evidence on the Determinants of Child Labor; Traditional Policies Targeting Child Labor and Education; Recent Policy Initiatives Addressing Child Labor; Child Labor Standards Initiatives in the International Arena; Conclusions; Commentary 3.1 The Political Economy of Child Labor; Conclusion; Commentary 3.2 Social Norms, Coordination, and Policy Issues in the Fight Against Child Labor; The Role of Social Norms; A Comment on Policy; Concluding Remarks; Part V: The International Organization and Enforcement of Labor Standards 327 $aChapter 4. A Role for the WTOIntroduction; Identifying the Problems; The Institutional Features of the WTO and the ILO; The Assignment of Problems to Institutions; The Role of the WTO in Preventing Race-to-the-bottom/Regulatory-chill Problems; The Role of the WTO in Enforcing ILO Agreements; Evaluating the Options; Summary and Conclusion; Commentary 4.1 Trade and Labor Standards: To Link or Not to Link?; Commentary 4.2 The Need to Micro-Manage Regulatory Diversity; The Argument in Staiger's Study; The Argument in this Commentary; The Function of the WTO Contract in a Nutshell 327 $aThe Limits of the Current WTO Contract 330 $aThis book addresses the controversial call for international labor standards, seeking to productively further this debate by considering the economic implications and history of these standards. 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