Worker movements played a crucial role in making workplaces safer. Workplace safety is costly for firms but increases labour supply. A laissez-faire approach leaving safety of workplaces unknown is suboptimal. Safety standards set by better-informed trade unions are output and welfare...

Worker movements played a crucial role in making workplaces safer. Workplace safety is costly for firms but increases labour supply. A laissez-faire approach leaving safety of workplaces unknown is suboptimal. Safety standards set by better-informed trade unions are output and welfare...

Aus historischer Sicht spielten Arbeiterbewegungen eine entscheidende Rolle in der Entwicklung sicherer Arbeitsplätze. Unfallschutz am Arbeitsplatz ist für Unternehmen kostspielig, führt aber aufgrund eines Rückgangs der Krankheitstage zu einem Anstieg des Arbeitsangebots. In einer freien...

Nike and other companies have long been criticized for outsourcing their production to contract factories with dismal working conditions. Despite the overwhelming amount of interest, there exists no theory for studying this topic. The current paper fills this gap. In the model, the most...