Introducing this Special Feature of the International Labour Review on “Decent work in
global production networks”(GPNs), this article reviews the research challenges posed by …

Workers' rights violations have been pervasive in many global supply chains. In the apparel
sector, production workers often face precarious working conditions, including persistently …

This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment
associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the …

The textile industry is currently one of the biggest industries practicing labor violations and
use of environmentally hazardous processes. This book presents an expert overview of the …

We study how managers mitigate the negative impacts of environmental shocks. Pairing
productivity data from a garment firm with granular measures of air pollution, we show that …

We study the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting in garment factories around
Bangalore, India. Combining daily production line–level data with weather data, we estimate …

Since the turn of the millennium many African economies have been reintegrated into the
world economy on a positive note and experienced substantial economic growth. This …

Regional value chains (RVCs) and South–South trade are increasingly considered key
features of 21st-century globalisation. This article investigates how RVCs are shaped by the …

We evaluate the causal impacts of on-the-job soft skills training on the productivity, wages,
and retention of female garment workers in India. The program increased women's …

Many low-income countries are integrated into apparel global value chains through foreign
direct investment (FDI), including Lesotho, which has become the largest Sub-Saharan …