Improving the conditions of workers? Minimum wage legilsation and anit-sweatshop activism
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Keywords
corporate social responsibility; minimum wages; employment; Indonesia; anti-sweatshop campaigns;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J80 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - General
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
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