Qualitative Indicators of Labour Standards: Comparative Methods and Applications 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Kucera, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402052006 ISBN-13: 9781402052002 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing interest in the use and construction of "qualitative" indicators of labour standards. This is likely attributable to several factors: the rise of "socially responsible" investment, ongoing debates on the effects of labour standards on international competitiveness, and the sense that traditional quantitative indicators of labour standards are too narrow in scope to adequately capture the wide-ranging and inherently qualitative nature of many aspects of labour standards. Qualitative indicators, while generally having numerical values, are based on such methods as grading by experts, the coding of legislation, and the coding of other textual sources addressing violations of a more de facto nature. Measuring compliance with labour standards is an undertaking intrinsically fraught with difficulty. For there are a number of possible sources of measurement error, both random and non-random, that are unique to such indicators, on top of those that affect qualitative and quantitative indicators alike. The growing use of qualitative indicators of labour standards thus raises a number of questions about comparative methods of construction as well as the appropriateness of particular methods for particular applications. This volume results from a seminar that was organized to address these and related questions. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Law | International - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General |
Dewey: 344.01 |
LCCN: 2007464255 |
Series: Social Indicators Research |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.41" W x 9.3" (1.44 lbs) 298 pages |
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Publisher Description: Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing interest in the use and construction of "qualitative" indicators of labour standards. This volume results from a seminar that was organized to address these and related questions. The contributions offer a unique comparative critique of the progress toward standards. Contributors include academic experts as well as lawyers, social scientists and NGO experts who have done significant work on labour standards. |