The living wage. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donald Hirsch and Laura Valadez-Martinez.
• Authors: Hirsch, Donald; Valadez Martínez, Laura Josefina, 1981-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 122 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 331.23; Wages; Living wage movement; Basic income; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Basic income; Living wage movement; Wages; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788210218; 1788210212; 9781911116479; 1911116479
• Related ISBNs: 1911116452; 9781911116455; 9781911116462; 1911116460
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.