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Sweatshops, Opportunity Costs, and Non‐Monetary Compensation: Evidence from El Salvador 1
Author(s) -
SKARBEK DAVID,
SKARBEK EMILY,
SKARBEK BRIAN,
SKARBEK ERIN
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.00827.x
Subject(s) - compensation (psychology) , sweatshop , factory (object oriented programming) , labour economics , business , economics , psychology , market economy , social psychology , computer science , programming language
A bstract Using evidence from field interviews, this article examines the alternative employment opportunities of thirty‐one sweatshop factory workers in El Salvador and their perceptions about what types of non‐monetary benefits they receive in their current employment. Interview subjects provide insights into the benefits of their own and peers' employments, their next‐best alternative employment, and other aspects of total compensation. We find that workers perceive factory employment to provide more desirable compensation along several margins.