abstract: 'Rapid growth in world trade, foreign direct investment and cross-border

  financial flows is a sign of increased globalization of the world

  economy. The worldwide wave of economic liberalization driving these

  changes has raised significant apprehensions about the implications of

  globalization for employment and income inequality. This article seeks

  to allay some of these fears: that unemployment and wage inequality will

  inevitably increase in industrialized and developing countries; that an

  emerging global labour market implies a race to the bottom in wages and

  labour standards; and that these new problems mean the loss of national

  policy autonomy and government impotence.'
affiliation: Lee, E (Corresponding Author), ILO,GENEVA,SWITZERLAND.
author: Lee, E
author_list:
- family: Lee
  given: E
da: '2023-09-28'
files: []
issn: 0020-7780
journal: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW
keywords-plus: WHEELS; TRADE; SAND
language: English
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '23'
pages: 485-\&
papis_id: 0aa2d653350b2f531faed4b58c3b75e2
ref: Lee1996globalizationemploym
times-cited: '31'
title: 'Globalization and employment: Is anxiety justified?'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:A1996WG01600002
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '135'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Industrial Relations \& Labor
year: '1996'