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The Living Wage.
This short primer traces the origins of the concept of the living wage and seeks to explain the current rise in its fortunes as an economic instrument with a social objective.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
National Book Network International : Agenda Publishing,
2017.
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| Colección: | The Economy/Key ideas
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page; copyright page; Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; A note on terminology ; Chap 1
- The meaning, origins and development of a living wage; Introduction ; Morality, rights and economic sustainability: the evolution of the living wage in thinking and pract; Commentary: what can we learn today from the history of the living wage? ; Chap 2
- Contemporary living wages in practice; Living wages around the world ; How are living wages being calculated? ; How are living wages being advocated and implemented? ; Commentary.
- Chap 3
- The impact of higher wage floors on labour marketsFree markets and market imperfections: economic arguments against and for minimum wages ; Wage floors and the labour market: the evidence ; Commentary ; Chap 4
- Interactions with incomes and social policy; The overlap between low pay and low income ; How effectively do higher wage floors secure adequate living standards? ; Wage floors and policies to tackle low income ; Commentary ; Chap 5
- Issues and choices for a sustainable living wage in the twenty-first century; Can the living wage remain true to its brand?
- How could the relationship between minimum and living wages develop? Who are the winners and the losers from living wages? ; What will a living wage look like as work transforms? ; References ; Index.