Is there a ‘Brussels effect’ through
international investment dynamics? In Episode 12, The External provides insights
from a recent article in Labour - Review of Labour Economics and Industrial
Relations by Dr Patrick Wagner (University of Konstanz) and Professor Damian
Raess (Catholic University of Lille) which investigates whether Brazilian
direct investment in Europe leads to improved working conditions back in
Brazil.
Read the article (open access): Patrick Wagner
and Damian Raess. South to north investment linkages and decent work in Brazil. Labour -
Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 37(1): 122-159.