Economic activities and unmarried labour

Impact of labour quality on labour productivity and economic growth

The growth of the Malaysian economy has gone through several phases and strategies from inputdriven to productivity-driven and knowledge-based-driven, which is in line with the world scenario. The knowledge-based-driven of economic growth is crucial as it will raise level of competitiveness of the country, especially in facing the world challenges. This paper attempts to observe to what extent ...

Globalisation , Labour Standards and Economic Development

In recent years a few advanced countries have been advocating multilateral rules permitting punitive trade measures to be taken against countries not upholding core labour standards. The mainly developing target countries have rebutted these initiatives which they argue are protectionist, in intent and in effect. Whilst closely examining the economic arguments in this controversy, this paper is...

Forced Labour: Does it Make Economic Sense?

This paper presents an initial typology of the costs of forced labour at both the firm and societal level. A cost-benefit analysis of forced labour at the firm level indicates that a rational firm that utilizes forced labour may actually incur significant costs that could potentially outweigh any financial benefits. While the costs will likely vary significantly by case, additional empirical re...

The Economic Impact of Child Labour

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