The 'living wage', low pay and in work poverty: Rethinking the relationships

被引：28

作者：

Bennett, Fran ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Social Policy & Intervent, Oxford OX1 2ER, England

来源：

CRITICAL SOCIAL POLICY | 2014年 / 34卷 / 01期

关键词：

family wage; poverty pay; work intensity; working poor;

D O I：

10.1177/0261018313481564

中图分类号：

D58 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The 'living wage' is an idea with a long history in the UK currently enjoying a renaissance. This article explores possible reasons for its re-emergence as a policy demand, but argues that thinking of low pay primarily as 'poverty pay' caused by employers' failure to pay a living wage raises practical and conceptual issues that are problematic. It examines to what extent recent attempts to resolve such issues in the UK and elsewhere have succeeded, and concludes by suggesting that alternative ways of analysing and addressing the two key issues associated with the living wage, low pay and in work poverty, are required.

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