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dc.contributor.authorMair, Simon
dc.contributor.authorDruckman, A.
dc.contributor.authorJackson, T.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-11T13:35:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-18T08:46:34Z
dc.date.available2020-12-11T13:35:09Z
dc.date.available2020-12-18T08:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.identifier.citationMair S, Druckman A and Jackson T (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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/18252
dc.descriptionYesen_US
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.01.007en_US
dc.rights(c) 2019 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/)en_US
dc.subjectWagesen_US
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten_US
dc.subjectEmploymenten_US
dc.subjectLiving wageen_US
dc.subjectCarbon emissionsen_US
dc.subjectClothing industryen_US
dc.subjectSupply chainen_US
dc.titleHigher Wages for Sustainable Development? Employment and Carbon Effects of Paying a Living Wage in Global Apparel Supply Chainsen_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.date.Accepted2019-01-06
dc.date.application2019-01-17
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.versionPublished versionen_US
dc.date.updated2020-12-11T13:35:10Z
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