The social footprints of global trade

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Alsamawi, Ali (Author), McBain, Darian (Author), Murray, Joy, 1945- (Author), Lenzen, Manfred (Author), Wiebe, Kirsten S. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer, 2017.
SeriesEnvironmental footprints and eco-design of products and processes.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811041372
9789811041358
ISSN2345-7651
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 130 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Cover

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.