Social justice and growth [[electronic resource] ] : the role of the minimum wage

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.23
• Soggetto topico: Minimum wage; Labor laws and legislation; Social justice - Economic aspects; Economic development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Editorial; Living wage policies and campaigns: Lessons from the United States; Defining a living wage; Figure; Federal minimum wage versus US poverty threshold, 1960 to 2010; Coverage; Table; Wage levels, 2011, selected cities; Research: What is the impact?; Expansion of the movement; Lessons learned for the United States; Lessons in the international context; References; Rescuing the minimum wage as a tool for development in Brazil; The role of politics and of trade union centrals in shoring up the minimum wage in Brazil ; Brazil's minimum wage: A bit of history Estimates of beneficiaries of social welfare and of unemployment insurance, and of active workers earning exactly the equivalent of the minimum wage; The recent evolution of the minimum wage; Real value of the minimum wage on each adjustment date(ICV-DIEESE - 1st social stratum - 1 Sep. 1994 to 1 Jan. 2012 (1 Sep. 1994 index = 100); Evolution of the real minimum wage annual average in Sao Paulo, 1940-2011; Gini coefficients of all labour productivity, per capita household income and real minimum wage, 1999-2009 annual average (July 1940 = 100) ; The functions of the minimum wage in Brazil Conclusion; References; The effectiveness of minimum wages in developing countries: The case of India; Minimum wages in India; A typology of minimum wage systems; The effectiveness of minimum wages in India; Employment by activity status, all India, 2009-10; Proportion of workers below minimum wage (Rs 80) pay, all India; Domestic workers not receiving minimum wages, 2009-10; Proportion of workers in specific schedules of employment paid less than the minimum wages, 2009-10; Who benefits from minimum wages? ; Probit estimates of workers receiving below minimum wages, ages 15-64 years, India, 2009-10 Enforcement and the role of employment guarantee schemes; Beneficiaries of national rural employment guarantee scheme, rural India, 2009-10; Mechanisms of wage payment under NREGS, all India, 2009-10; Conclusion; References; Asia Floor Wage and global industrial collective bargaining; Wage in the global economy; Global garment industry; History of labour rights activism in garment industry; Global industrial bargaining; Right to a minimum living wage; Asia Floor Wage; Moving forward; References ; European minimum wage policy: A concept for wage-led growth and fair wages in Europe Minimum wages on the European agenda; Different systems of minimum wage setting; Different systems of minimum wage setting in Europe; Union density and national minimum wages in Europe at the end of the 2000's; Collective bargaining coverage and national minimum wages in Europe at the end of the 2000's; Levels of minimum wages in Europe; National minimum wages in Europe, January 2012; National minimum wages in Europe, January 2012; Minimum wages in % of median and average wages, 2010 ; Proportion of low-wage earners and national minimum wages in Europe, 2007
• Sommario/riassunto: This issue of the International Journal of Labour Research is wholly dedicated to the question of the minimum wage, a matter that has gained in importance and profile in recent years. No doubt, the main reasons behind this rise in prominence relate to the stagnation of wages in several parts of the world, a generalized increase in earnings inequality as well as the rise in social unrest across the globe.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social justice and growth
• ISBN: 92-2-126312-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462053003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International Journal of Labour Research