Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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992007 | World Development | 2009 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryWe examine the role that buyers in global supply chains play in helping vendors uncover productivity-enhancing labor management innovations. We report on a buyer-directed NGO-coordinated factory-based program targeting intestinal parasites and anemia in seven Bangalore apparel factories. Raw pre-post productivity comparisons were confounded by factory organizational changes that were implemented in anticipation of the termination of the Multi Fiber Arrangement (MFA). Using a difference-in-difference-in-difference (DDD) estimator, a full complement of medically appropriate treatment was found to increase individual productivity of anemic workers by 8% relative to non-anemic workers.
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Authors
Drusilla K. Brown, Thomas Downes, Karen Eggleston, Ratna Kumari,