Using the KOF index of globalization and its disaggregate components
along with the new FACB rights data set, I find positive effects of aggregate
globalization and social globalization on aggregate FACB rights as well as on
laws and practices of FACB rights in a sample of 142 developing countries
over the 1985 to 2002 period. The positive effect of economic globalization
is sensitive to the estimation technique used, while political globalization
remains statistically insignificant. These results remain robust after controlling
for potential feedback effects from FACB rights to globalization using
an SGMM method of estimation. When controlling for endogeneity, aggregate
globalization as well as economic and social globalization appear to
affect FACB rights (both laws and practices).