TY - JOUR T1 - External Governance, Convention Ratification And Monitoring: The EU, The ILO And Labour Standards In EU Accession Countries JF - European Journal of Industrial Relations Y1 - 2014 A1 - Kahn-Nisser, Sara KW - Central Europe KW - Eastern Europe KW - EU KW - European Union KW - external governance KW - ILO KW - International Labor Organization KW - labor rights KW - labor standards KW - labor standards monitoring AB -

This article presents an empirical analysis of the factors associated with trends in labour standards, in EU accession countries, using a new dataset of labour rights. It focuses on ratification of the ILO’s fundamental conventions, EU monitoring and ILO monitoring. It describes the similarities and differences between the two monitoring schemes and evaluates their roles in shaping labour rights. Generalized estimating equation analysis shows that EU monitoring is positively associated with improved labour rights while ILO monitoring is not. The results further indicate that ratification of ILO fundamental Conventions is positively associated with labour rights protection. The article returns to the notion of external governance to suggest possible explanations for these findings.

VL - 20 L2 - eng CP - 4 ER -