Living wages around the world manual for measurement

Wages are the main determinant of living standards for the vast majority of workers and families around the world. This manual describes a new methodology to measure what constitutes a decent but basic standard of living and how much workers need to earn to afford this, making it possible for resear...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing (-)
Other Authors: Anker, Richard, 1943- author (author), Anker, Martha (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub 2017.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434529706719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: 1. Introduction
  • 2. Overview of the Anker living wage methodology
  • Part
  • I Cost of a basic but decent life for worker and family
  • 3. Model diet for a living wage
  • 4. Local food prices
  • 5. Local housing standard for a living wage
  • 6 Local cost of decent housing for a living wage
  • 7. Non-food and non-housing costs
  • 8. Post checks of non-food non-housing costs: introduction
  • 9. Health care cost rapid assessment post check
  • 10. Education cost rapid assessment post check
  • 11. Provision for unexpected events and sustainability
  • 12. Family size for a living wage
  • Part II: Estimating a living wage 13. Number of workers per family
  • 14. Take home pay required and taking statutory deductions into account
  • Part III: Prevailing wages and gaps to a living wage
  • 15. Measuring prevailing wages to compare to a living wage
  • 16. In kind benefits as partial payment of a living wage
  • 17. Living wage in context: wage ladder and recent wage trends
  • Part IV: Typical living wage report and updating a living wage estimate
  • 18. Suggested outline of a living wage report
  • 19. Summary tables to include in a living wage report
  • 20. Updating a living wage estimate
  • References
  • Index.