The National Minimum Wage: further reflections

Employee Relations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-28

  Sayers Bain, George ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Low Pay; Minimum wage; Training; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986009691     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459910252966     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Bassett, P. (1981), “Laird attack deals blow to minimum wage scheme”, The Times, 7 May.
2. Card, D. and Krueger, A. (1995), Myth and Measurement – The New Economics of the Minimum Wage, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
3. Confederation of British Industry (1995), A National Minimum Wage: The Employers’ Perspective, CBI, London.
4. Confederation of British Industry (1997), Implementation of a National Minimum Wage: CBI Evidence to the Low Pay Commission, CBI, London.
5. Dickens, R., Machin, S. and Manning, J. (1995), The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment: Theory and Evidence for Britain, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.153.
6. Hansard (1998), VI 314, c507, 18 June.
7. HM Treasury (1998), “Pre-budget report”, Steering a Stable Course for Lasting Prosperity, The Stationery Office, London.
8. Hughes, J. (1995), “Realities of a minimum wage”, in Trades Union Congress, Arguments for a National Minimum Wage, TUC, London, pp. 66-76.
9. Low Pay Commission (1997), The National Minimum Wage: First Report of the Low Pay Commission, The Stationery Office, London.
10. Pond, C. (1983), “Wages councils, the unorganised, and the low paid” in Bain, G.S. (Ed.), Industrial Relations in Britain, Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 179-208.
11. Snowden, P. (1912), The Living Wage, Hodder > Stoughton, London.
12. The Times (1998), “Congress challenges Blair to live on £3.60”, 16 September.
13. Trades Union Congress (1986), TUC Report, TUC, London.