Living wages around th world: A new methodology and internationally comparable estimates

International Labour Review

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-338

  Anker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

International comparability; Living wage; Measurement; Methodology; Minimum wage; Wage rate

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM WAGE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 34248666977     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2006.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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