Sweatshop Working Conditions and Employee Welfare: Say It Ain’t Sew

J R Clark () and Benjamin Powell ()
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J R Clark: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 313 Fletcher Hall, Dept. 6106, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598, USA.
Benjamin Powell: Suffolk University, 8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108, USA.

Comparative Economic Studies, 2013, vol. 55, issue 2, 343-357

Abstract: This study surveys workers at two firms accused of being sweatshops by the National Labor Committee. We find that the wages and working conditions are superior to the workers’ prior employment. The mix of compensation between wages and working conditions reflects employee preferences and employees found their conditions less satisfactory when a firm capitulated to activist demands.

Date: 2013
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