The tragedies at several garment factories in Bangladesh have claimed hundreds of lives—and focused international attention on this important but often overlooked industry. Yet greater scrutiny has not led to greater understanding, raising the prospect that any proposed solutions will have serious unintended consequences for this industry and the four million people it employs. So far, much of the discussion has focused on Bangladesh's minimum wage law. It's true that at its current level—even after two revisions in recent years—the legal minimum wage still isn't enough to support a life. After working two hours of overtime per day, the average garment worker's gets take-home pay of between $70 and $80 per month. Assuming the garment worker (80% of whom are women) is married to a rickshaw puller and has a child, the

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