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Mobilizing labour for the global coffee market : profits from an unfree work regime in Colonial Java

Breman, Jan - 2025 - First edition.

Prologue, Chapter I. The Company as a Territorial Power Chapter II. The Introduction of Forced Cultivation Chapter III. From Trading Company to State Enterprise Chapter IV. Government Regulated Exploitation versus Private Agribusiness Chapter V. Unfree Labour as a Condition for Progress Chapter...

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Firm profitability and forced wage labour in Portuguese Africa : evidence from the Sena Sugar Estates, 1920-74

Jones, Sam; Gibbon, Peter - 2025

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Encomienda, the colonial state, and long-run development in Colombia

Faguet, Jean-Paul; Matajira, Camilo; Sánchez, Fabio - 2024

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Harnessing data and intelligence for collective advantage: ending forced labour in global supply chains : white paper

2026

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Labour exploitation and illicit trade : How counterfeit goods fuel forced labour

2026

Illicit trade in counterfeit goods is a large-scale global challenge, accounting for up to USD 467 billion annually. Beyond economic and consumer harms, counterfeiting is closely linked to labour exploitation. This policy brief highlights new OECD evidence showing a robust statistical...

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From Fakes to Forced Labour : Evidence of Correlation Between Illicit Trade in Counterfeits and Labour Exploitation

2026

This report presents new empirical evidence demonstrating a robust link between trade in counterfeit goods and labour exploitation. Countries with higher levels of forced labour and informality show greater counterfeit-export intensity, indicating that illicit production thrives where workers...

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The United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act : are we making progress? : a look at organizational commitment to eradicating modern slavery

Carle, Heather; Brewer, Linda - 2023

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From blind spot to boardroom agenda : a grounded theory of forced labor risk management

Schumm, Joshua; Montabon, Frank; Rose, William J. - 2025

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Nationaler Aktionsplan gegen Arbeitsausbeutung und Zwangsarbeit zur Umsetzung des Protokolls von 2014 zum ILO Übereinkommen Nr. 29 über Zwangsarbeit (1930)

2025 - Stand: April 2025

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Living standards and forced labour : a comparative study of colonial Africa, 1918-74

Dolan, Leo - 2025

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What drove the profitability of colonial firms? : labour coercion and trade preferences on the Sena Sugar Estates (1920-74)

Jones, Sam; Gibbon, Peter - 2022

The magnitude of returns to colonial-era investments in Africa has been addressed in an extensive literature, as have the nature and legacies of extractive colonial institutions. However, the link between these institutions and the profitability of firms remains unclear. We reconstruct the...

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Global estimates of modern slavery : forced labour and forced marriage

2022

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Profits and poverty : the economics of forced labour

2024 - Second edition

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Profits and poverty : the economics of forced labour

2014

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Profits and poverty : the economics of forced labour

2014

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Acting against forced labour : an assessment of investment requirements and economic benefits : discussion paper on the economics of forced labour

2024

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Forced labour : a synthesis report : advances in quantifying forced labour across the world and sectors

2024

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Worker displacement and labor market success : evidence from forced labor conscription during WWII

Stapper, Carola - 2024

Disruptions of labor market trajectories have lasting effects on later economic success. One type of disruption that is understudied is displacement due to forced labor conscription, despite it still being a frequent event nowadays. I study the consequences of exposure to forced labor...

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Long-run impacts of forced labor migration on fertility behaviors : evidence from Colonial West Africa

Dupas, Pascaline; Falezan, Camille; Mabeu, Marie Christelle - 2024

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Long-run impacts of forced labor migration on fertility behaviors : evidence from Colonial West Africa

Dupas, Pascaline; Falezan, Camille; Mabeu, Marie Christelle - 2023

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Long-run Impacts of Forced Labor Migration on Fertility Behaviors : Evidence from Colonial West Africa

Dupas, Pascaline; Falezan, Camille; Mabeu, Marie Christelle - 2023

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Coercion and wage labour : exploring work relations through history and art

2024

Coercion and Wage Labour presents novel histories of people who experienced physical, social, political or cultural compulsion in the course of paid work. Broad in scope, the chapters examine diverse areas of work including textile production, war industries, civil service and domestic labour,...

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Synergistic state governance of labour standards in global value chains : forced labour in the Malaysia-Nepal-UK medical gloves supply chain

Brown, James A.; Hughes, Alexandra; Bhutta, Mahmood F.; … - 2024

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Trade, slavery, and state coercion of labor : Egypt during the first globalization era

Saleh, Mohamed - 2024

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Cultivating change: the long-term impact of forced labour in Mozambique

Bove, Margherita; Caeiro, Rute Martins; Coelho, Rachel; … - 2024

Following the abolition of slavery, various forms of compulsory labour were adopted by colonial powers to develop their economies. This paper analyses the contemporary consequences of compulsory cotton production-a forced labour system that operated in colonial Mozambique from 1926 to 1961....

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Child labour, Africa's colonial system, and coercion : the case of the Portuguese colonies : 1870-1975

Goulart, Pedro - 2024

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Modern slavery made in Italy : causes and consequences of labour exploitation in the Italian agricultural sector

Scaturro, Ruggero - 2021

Through this paper, the author emphasises the importance of the role that migrant women and men play in the Italian agricultural sector, and the need to better protect them from forms of labour exploitation. Italian products are well known all over the world and represent the excellency of an...

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Modern slavery made in Italy: Causes and consequences of labour exploitation in the Italian agricultural sector

Scaturro, Ruggero - 2021

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Capturing labor : a history of unfree work in the Southwest

2026 - First edition

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Empires of labor : coercion and the making of the modern world

Stanziani, Alessandro - 2026

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Systems thinking for climate change and modern slavery mitigation in supply chains : insights from panarchy theory

Hosseinzadeh, Mahnaz; Foroushani, Marzieh Samadi; … - 2026

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The political economy of the indigenous peoples of the world, volume I : land, sovereignty, and the foundations of indigenous economies

Ramesh, Sangaralingam - 2026

1. Introduction – Setting the Stage for Indigenous Political Economy -- 2. Historical Context and the Rise of European Expansion -- 3. Technological and Strategic Superiority: An Analysis -- 4. Land Rights and Resource Management in Indigenous Societies -- 5. Governance, Self-Determination,...

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The legacy of the Spanish Conquista in the Andes: mining mita, persistent social unrest, and cultural divergence

Huaroto, César; Gallego, Francisco A. - 2023

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Slavery, coercion, and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gardner, Leigh - 2023

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Bad men, good roads, Jim Crow, and the economics of southern chain gangs

Bodenhorn, Howard - 2023

Penology in the Jim Crow South centered on the chain gang. Gangs ostensibly served three purposes: their severity served as a deterrent; their putting convicts to work on roads and other public improvements reduced the taxpayers’ costs of infrastructure; and their discriminatory implementation...

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Bad Men, Good Roads, Jim Crow, and the Economics of Southern Chain Gangs

Bodenhorn, Howard - 2021

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Regional baseline assessment on forced labour, unfair and unethical recruitment practices in the Southern African and Indian Ocean Commission region

2023

Revealing the harsh reality of trafficking in persons and forced labour within the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Region, the Regional Baseline Assessment sheds light on prevalent challenges and critical gaps in addressing these criminal activities. Despite efforts to combat trafficking,...

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Business Handbook on Due Diligence in the Cocoa Sector : Addressing Child Labour and Forced Labour

2023

This handbook aims to help companies identify, prevent and address child labour and forced labour risks, in the cocoa sector. The handbook builds on the leading international, government-backed standards on supply chain due diligence and responsible business conduct: the OECD Guidelines for...

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Forced labor and health-related outcomes : the case of beggar children

Drydakis, Nick - 2023

The study aims to examine whether beggar children are victims of forced labor, as well as to identify the manifestations of forced labor in beggar children, and assess whether forced child begging relates to deteriorated health-related quality of life and mental health. The study focused on the...

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Forced labor and health-related outcomes : the case of beggar children

Drydakis, Nick - 2023

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The muddled governance of state-imposed forced labour : multinational corporations, states, and cotton from China and Uzbekistan

Schaefer, Sonja; Hauge, Jostein - 2023

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Commission proposal for a regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the union market : the issue of remedies : briefing requested by the DROI Subcommittee

O'Brien, Claire Methven; Weatherburn, Amy - 2023

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Abolition of Forced Labour : Case of Uzbekistan

Sulaymanov, Odiljon; Rasulov, Jurabek - 2023

The article analyzes the legal problems in the implementation of international labour standards on the abolition of forced labour in the national legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Fundamental documents of the International Labour Organization on the abolition of forced labour – the...

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Managing forced labour obligations as part of your ESG strategy

Richer, Suzanne - 2023

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Workers of war and empire from New France to British America, 1688-1783

Tomczak, Richard H. - 2025

"Throughout the eighteenth century, the French and British empires mobilized thousands of labourers in Canada through a system of mandatory labour known as “corvée.” This social arrangement was rooted in the feudal obligations of French peasants to landowners. Under the French regime,...

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Structural change, elite capitalism, and the emergence of labour emancipation

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Galor, Oded; … - 2025

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Trade prohibitions on forced-labour products : a first assessment of the forthcoming EU's forced labour regulation

Grado, Valentina - 2025

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Slavery and capitalism : a new Marxist history

McNally, David - 2025

"Karl Marx's writings on enslavement and labor have fallen out of favor among historians, but David McNally injects new life into them. Slavery and Capitalism gives the first systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery-using colonial travel literature, planter...

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What drove the profitability of colonial firms? Labour coercion and trade preferences on the Sena Sugar Estates (1920-74)

Jones, Sam; Gibbon, Peter - 2022

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The demographic effects of colonialism : forced labor and mortality in Java : 1834-1879

Zwart, Pim de; Gallardo-Albarrán, Daniel; Rijpma, Auke - 2022

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The demographic effects of colonialism : forced labor and mortality in java, 1834-1879

Zwart, Pim de; Albarrán, Daniel Gallardo; Rijpma, Auke - 2022

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Disentangling the knot: identifying U.S. and global exposure to Xinjiang cotton

Carlson, Dylan; Weaver, Marin - 2022

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From plantations to prisons : the race gap in incarceration after the abolition of slavery in the U.S.

Rubio-Ramos, Melissa - 2022

This paper documents the emergence of a race gap in incarceration after the abolition of slavery in the U.S. Counties that relied more on slave labor incarcerated more African Americans, with no comparable effects for whites. An increase of slave reliance by 10% increases black incarceration...

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Confronting the business models of modern slavery

Crane, Andrew; LeBaron, Genevieve; Phung, Kam; … - 2022

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Constructive extraction? : encomienda, the colonial state, and development in Colombia

Faguet, Jean-Paul; Matajira, Camilo; Sánchez Torres, Fabio - 2022

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Economics and history : analyzing serfdom

Ogilvie, Sheilagh C. - 2022

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Structural change, elite capitalism, and the emergence of labor emancipation

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Galor, Oded; … - 2022

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Forced labour product ban

2022

Forced labour continues to be a major global issue. The latest International Labour Organization's estimates put the global number of people in forced labour at 27.6 million. Though this phenomenon impacts some parts of the world more than others, all continents are affected. The respect for...

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