Hey katie. Here are a couple papers I found of interest. They are data-intensive and seem interesting (at least to me). You can check them out on jstor j FLA GR : TI : Spatialization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Labor Outcomes in the American States, 1978-1996 FT : AU : Brady, David; Wallace, Michael SO : Social Forces S2 : VO : 79 NO : 1 SE : DA : Sep., 2000 PP : 67-105 EI : http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0037-7732%28200009%2979%3A1%3C67%3ASFDI AL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H IN : 00377732 AB : Emergent trends in the globalization of the economy and the spatial restructuring of work portend many new challenges for workers around the world. Among the issues that have received insufficient attention is the impact of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on labor in the U.S. Previous research has been inconclusive and plagued by a lack of empirical breadth and by insufficient theoretical explanations. In this article, we first outline a theory of spatialization as an extension of the social structures of accumulation framework to anticipate the likely consequences of FDI for workers. Second, we undertake an analysis of the forty-eight contiguous American states for the years 1978-96 of the consequences of inward FDI for labor's organizational capacity, labor dissent, and the economic standing of labor. Our analysis demonstrates that inward FDI has a consistent negative effect on these labor outcomes that differs for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing FDI. We suggest that our findings are consistent with spatialization theory and inform theoretical debates on globalization and labor in the contemporary U.S. KW : PB : University of North Carolina Press LO : LA : CR : Copyright 2000 Social Forces, University of North Carolina Press; published by University of North Carolina Press <3> IT : FLA GR : TI : Labor Unions and the Distribution of Wages and Employment in South Africa FT : AU : Schultz, T. Paul; Mwabu, Germano SO : Industrial and Labor Relations Review S2 : VO : 51 NO : 4 SE : DA : Jul., 1998 PP : 680-703 EI : http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0019-7939%28199807%2951%3A4%3C680%3ALUA TDO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 IN : 00197939 AB : Few countries have higher wage inequality than South Africa, where wages of African and white workers differ by a factor of five. Using survey data collected in 1993, the authors analyze the complex effect of unions on this wage gap. Among male African workers in the bottom decile of the wage distribution, union membership was associated with wages that were 145% higher than those of comparable nonunion workers, and among those in the top decile the differential was 19%. Regression estimates also indicate that returns to observed productive characteristics of workers, such as education and experience, were larger for nonunion than union workers. If the large union relative wage effect were cut in half, the authors estimate that employment of African youth, age 16-29, would increase by two percentage points, and their labor force participation rate would also increase substantially. KW : PB : New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University LO : LA : CR : Copyright 1998 Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations -----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Katherine N. Gan Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:28 PM To: gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: Re: [gov2001-l] labor markets, anyone If anyone is interested in labor markets generally, I'm in search of a co-author. The topic is broad and the angles numerous (ranging from discrimination to unionization to policy, international or domestic). Thanks, Katie Gan gan(a)fas.harvard.edu _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l