Living wages around the world : : manual for measurement / / Richard Anker, Martha Anker.
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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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 pages) |
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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.