Promoting sustainable compliance: Styles of labour inspection and compliance outcomes in Brazil

International Labour Review

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 199-229

  Pires, Roberto ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application; Brazil; Labour inspection; Labour law; Labour productivity; Occupational health; Occupational safety; Workers' rights

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR STANDARD; LEGAL RIGHTS; SUSTAINABILITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 53849129217     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2008.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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