Better Global Assessment of Worker Inequality: Comment on “The Employment Footprints of Nations”

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1188-1197

  Reyes, Rachel C ^a   Lenzen, Manfred ^a   Murray, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

industrial ecology; input output analysis; purchasing power parity; social footprints; supply chains; welfare

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COSTS; ECOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAGES;

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; SOCIAL FOOTPRINTS; WELFARE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL TRADE; GOODS EXCHANGE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 84990026643     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12489     Document Type: Article

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