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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.01.007 |
Higher Wages for Sustainable Development? Employment and Carbon Effects of Paying a Living Wage in Global Apparel Supply Chains | |
Mair, Simon; Druckman, Angela; Jackson, Tim | |
2019-05-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 159页码:11-23 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | In this paper we explore how paying a living wage in global supply chains might affect employment and carbon emissions: Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 13. Previous work has advocated using wage increases for poorer workers to increase prices for wealthier consumers, thereby reducing consumption and associated environmental damage. However, the likely effects of such an approach remain unclear. Using an input-output framework extended with income and demand elasticities, we estimate the employment and carbon effects of paying a living wage to Brazilian, Russian, Indian and Chinese (BRIC) workers in the Western European clothing supply chain. We find negligible effects on carbon emissions but a substantial increase in BRIC employment under 3 scenarios of consumer behaviour. Changes in Western European consumption lead to small decreases in global carbon emissions and BRIC employment. However, the increase in BRIC wages increases demand in BRIC. This increased demand increases production which largely cancels out the carbon savings and generates net increases in BRIC employment. We conclude by arguing that paying higher wages in global supply chains represents a good but not sufficient step toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000462105700002 |
WOS关键词 | MINIMUM-WAGES ; SWEATSHOP LABOR ; EMISSIONS ; WORLD ; PRODUCTS ; IMPACTS ; SYSTEM ; FUTURE ; PRICE |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/182668 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Univ Surrey, Ctr Understanding Sustainable Prosper, Guildford, Surrey, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mair, Simon,Druckman, Angela,Jackson, Tim. Higher Wages for Sustainable Development? Employment and Carbon Effects of Paying a Living Wage in Global Apparel Supply Chains[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2019,159:11-23. |
APA | Mair, Simon,Druckman, Angela,&Jackson, Tim.(2019).Higher Wages for Sustainable Development? Employment and Carbon Effects of Paying a Living Wage in Global Apparel Supply Chains.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,159,11-23. |
MLA | Mair, Simon,et al."Higher Wages for Sustainable Development? Employment and Carbon Effects of Paying a Living Wage in Global Apparel Supply Chains".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 159(2019):11-23. |
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