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Prospects for decent work in services

Khatiwada, Sameer; Flaminiano, John Paul - 2019

living wages as a reference point, this paper reports that a significant portion of the workforce in developing Asian …

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Prospects for decent work in services

Khatiwada, Sameer; Flaminiano, John Paul - 2019

living wages as a reference point, this paper reports that a significant portion of the workforce in developing Asian …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992217

Raising the bar? : the impact of the UNISON ethical care campaign in UK domiciliary care

Johnson, Mathew; Rubery, Jill; Egan, Matthew - In: Transfer : the European review of labour and research ; … 27 (2021) 3, pp. 367-382

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Squeezing workers' rights in global supply chains : purchasing practices in the Bangladesh garment export sector in comparative perspective

Anner, Mark Sebastian - In: Review of international political economy 27 (2020) 2, pp. 320-347

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The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?

Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-34

We provide updated evidence on the effects of living wage laws in U.S. cities, relative to the earlier research covering only the first six or seven years of existence of these laws. There are some challenges to updating the evidence, as the CPS data on which it relies changed geographic coding...

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Alternative labor market policies to increase economic self-sufficiency: mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, and raising productivity

Neumark, David - 2008

place in the United States, including minimum and living wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, wage subsidies, and school …

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Living wage laws: how much do (can) they matter?

Holzer, Harry J. - 2008

In this paper I review what we have learned about living wage laws and their impacts on the wages, employment and poverty rates of low-wage workers. I review the characteristics of these laws and where they have been implemented to date, and what economic theory tells us about their likely...

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Alternative Labor Market Policies to Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency: Mandating Higher Wages, Subsidizing Employment, and Raising Productivity

Neumark, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

place in the United States, including minimum and living wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, wage subsidies, and school …

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Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?

Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

are usually covered by these ordinances. JEL Classification: J38, J88 Keywords: living wages Corresponding … of services provided. Indeed, Pollin and Luce (1998) argue that living wages in Los Angeles have raised operating costs … two groups associated with “living wages” in their studies. To bolster this interpretation, Adams and Neumark also show …

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The effects of living wage laws: evidence from failed and derailed living wage campaigns

Adams, Scott; Neumark, David - 2005

Living wage campaigns have succeeded in about 100 jurisdictions in the United States but have also been unsuccessful in numerous cities. These unsuccessful campaigns provide a better control group or counterfactual for estimating the effects of living wage laws than the broader set of all cities...

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