International labor standards : history, theory, and policy options / edited by Kaushik Basu, Henrik Horn, Lisa Román, Judith Shapiro.

Papers based on a conference held in Stockholm in August 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- part 2. The evolution of labor standards: The history and political economy of international labor standards / Stanley Engerman -- The parallels between the past and the present / Jane Humphries -- Legislation versus bargaining power: the evolution of Scandinavian labor standards / Karl-Ove Moene, Michael Wallerstein -- part 3. The theory of international labor standards: The impact of international labor standards: a survey of economic theory / Nirvikar Singh -- Old wine in new bottles? / T.N. Srinivasan -- Governing labor relations / Tore Ellingsen -- part 4. The issue of child labor: Child labor: theory, evidence and policy / Drusilla Brown, Alan Deardorff, Robert Stern -- The political economy of child labor / Alan Krueger -- Social norms, coordination and policy issues in the fight against child labor / Luis-Felipe López-Calva -- part 4. The international organisation and enforcement of labor standards: A role for the WTO / Robert Staiger -- Trade and labor standards: to link or not to link? / Alan L Winters -- The need to micro-manage regulatory diversity / Petros Mavroidis.