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García-Alaminos Á, Monsalve F, Zafrilla J, et al. Unmasking social distant damage of developed regions' lifestyle: A decoupling analysis of the indecent labour footprint. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0228649doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228649.
García-Alaminos, �. �., Monsalve, F., Zafrilla, J., & Cadarso, M. A. (2020). Unmasking social distant damage of developed regions' lifestyle: A decoupling analysis of the indecent labour footprint. PloS one, 15(4), e0228649. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228649
García-Alaminos, Ángela, et al. "Unmasking social distant damage of developed regions' lifestyle: A decoupling analysis of the indecent labour footprint." PloS one vol. 15,4 (2020): e0228649. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228649
García-Alaminos Á, Monsalve F, Zafrilla J, Cadarso MA. Unmasking social distant damage of developed regions' lifestyle: A decoupling analysis of the indecent labour footprint. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 01;15(4):e0228649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228649. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32236100; PMCID: PMC7112200.
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PLoS One. 2020 Apr 01;15(4):e0228649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228649. eCollection 2020.

Unmasking social distant damage of developed regions' lifestyle: A decoupling analysis of the indecent labour footprint.

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Ángela García-Alaminos, Fabio Monsalve, Jorge Zafrilla, Maria-Angeles Cadarso

Affiliations

  1. Department of Economic Analysis and Finances, Global Energy and Environmental Economics Analysis Research Group, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.

PMID: 32236100 PMCID: PMC7112200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228649

Abstract

A fair path to achieve a sustainable world would imply reducing the eventual negative effects linked to the production process while increasing economic output, which is referred to in the literature as impact decoupling. This article aims to assess whether global consumption chains are currently on the decoupling path or not, from a social point of view. Specifically, we address the working conditions which developed societies' lifestyle sparked at a distance in global factory countries, focusing on the most harmful consequences of an indecent work. Additionally, we determine the kind of decoupling observed through the new concept of social footprints' elasticities with respect to final demand for each region. We employ a Multi-Regional Input-Output model and an own elaboration database of social impacts concerning undignified working conditions. Results indicate that most countries achieved the goal of decoupling occupational injuries -both fatal and non-fatal- from production, while results for forced labour show a slower and sometimes uncertain process of decoupling. European Union and United States' footprints have been reduced overtime for the three impacts. However, more than half of these footprints are still generated by imports, mainly from developing regions.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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