Once more into the sunset? Asian clothing firms after the national minimum wage

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-88

  Ram, Monder ^a   Gilman, Mark ^b   Arrowsmith, James ^c   Edwards, Paul ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; GARMENT INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MINIMUM WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037325712     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0136     Document Type: Article

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