The Social Footprints of Global Trade

• Main Authors: Alsamawi, Ali (Author), McBain, Darian (Author), Murray, Joy (Author), Lenzen, Manfred (Author), Wiebe, Kirsten S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
• Subjects: Environment.; Production management.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Social policy.; Environmental Management.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Social Policy.; Operations Management.; Sustainable Development.

This book discussing in detail the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the global economy using the comprehensive Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) technique.  The content is presented in two parts, the first of which offers an introduction to social accounting and how it has been developed over...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Motivation
• Background and context
• Methodology
• What are satellite accounts?
• Basic definitions of social satellite accounts
• How to make satellite accounts
• Leontief’s equation
• Database
• Employment & income footprints
• Working conditions footprints
• Fatal footprints
• Non-fatal footprints
• Days lost footprints
• Wages lost footprints
• Child labor footprints
• Inequality footprints
• Bibliography
• Appendix.