@article{Schuster:208142,
      recid = {208142},
      author = {Schuster, Monica and Maertens, Miet},
      title = {Worker Empowerment through Labor Standards. Evidence from  the Peruvian Horticultural Export Sector},
      address = {2015-07},
      number = {1067-2016-86797},
      pages = {30},
      year = {2015},
      note = {An updated version of this Working Paper is published  as:
Monica Schuster & Miet Maertens (2016): Worker  Empowerment Through Private Standards. Evidence from the  Peruvian Horticultural Export Sector, The Journal of  Development Studies.},
      abstract = {In this paper we analyse the impact of a variety of  private standards on worker empowerment in the  horticultural export sector in Peru. Empowerment is defined  as workers’ knowledge on their own rights and workers’  perceived agency to improve employment conditions. We use  data from a company and a two-round employee survey, and  difference-in-difference propensity score matching methods.  We find positive effects of private standards on worker  empowerment, with core labour standards having a more  pronounced effect than standards with a small focus on  labour, and thus complement previous evidence on the  effects of standards on tangible employee wellbeing.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208142},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.208142},
}