Unionists and politicians frequently claim that globalization lowers employment protection of workers. This paper tests … globalization and two labor market segments. While overall globalization is shown to loosen protection of the regularly employed, it … increases regulation in the segment of limited-term contracts. We find economic and political globalization to drive …

This paper describes the socio-economic adjustment effects exerted by globalization (taking as starting points …

Globalization is a universal phenomenon that not only makes domestic economies restructure, but also may impact other … areas of local societies. This paper studies the effect of globalization on human relations, in particular on the formation … of social networks, both bonding and bridging: I postulate that globalization induces labor market and workplace dynamics …

Unionists and politicians frequently claim that globalization lowers employment protection of workers. This paper tests … globalization and two labor market segments. While overall globalization is shown to loosen protection of the regularly employed, it …

This paper analyzes the effect of globalization on subjective well-being by using a dataset that combines micro- and … theoretical predictions - globalization has benefited especially high-skilled workers, right-wing voters, and people in the … highest income quartile. On the other hand, globalization has increased well-being to a higher extent for old people than for …

partition of Africa and the opening up of China, the period sees a growing amount of capital and industrial know-how from …

The relationship between globalization and human rights remains highly controversial in African context. Neoliberals … argue that globalization lead to growth and development generating respect for human rights. While skeptics contend that … globalization process always tends to be ‘exclusive of poor’ increasing inequality leading to social unrest and economic insecurity …