The ‘living wage’ and low income: Can adequate pay contribute to adequate family living standards?

The success of the contemporary ‘living wage’ movement has been highlighted by the UK government’s decision to increase the statutory minimum wage for over-25s sharply, in the name of improving living standards. This breaks with neoliberal reluctance to intervene in labour markets, yet raises diffic...

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Main Author:	Donald Hirsch
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Living wage Minimum incomes Working poverty Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/26607
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