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1. Not a Living Income.

Subjects
*MINIMUM wage, *PART-time employment, *MINIMUM wage laws, *ECONOMICS, *EMPLOYEES, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

The article discusses issues relating to the Canadian minimum wage, with over a million Canadians working for minimum wages or less, amounting to about 45 percent of average Canadian hourly earnings. Topics discussed include 2014 minimum wage to be worth about 25 percent less than in the mid-1970s, need to have two to three part-time jobs to cover basic food and shelter expenses, and profile of minimum-wage earner. It also mentions that Corporate Canada opposes an increase in minimum wages. INSETS: MEASURING DOWN;MCWAGES;A TALE OF TWO RETAILERS.

Published
2014

2. Crecimiento económico y desigualdad en Singapur: la conveniencia de un salario mínimo.

Author

Weng Tat HUI

Subjects
*ECONOMIC development, *MINIMUM wage, *EQUALITY & economics, *FOREIGN workers, *ECONOMICS, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

Con el envejecimiento de la población en Singapur, la contratación masiva de trabajadores extranjeros poco calificados se ha convertido en un obstáculo importante al crecimiento con equidad, pues provoca el estancamiento de los salarios más bajos. En respuesta a este problema, el autor defiende la implantación de un salario mínimo que complemente el régimen actual de prestaciones ligadas al empleo. Tras refutar las objeciones que habitualmente se aducen en contra, propone medios para establecer un salario mínimo en Singapur, así como medidas para mejorar la red de protección social del país y promover un crecimiento económico más sostenible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2013
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3. Youth Unemployment: Will good jobs continue to elude young adults?

Author

Greenblatt, Alan

Subjects
*UNEMPLOYMENT, *YOUTH, *RECESSIONS, *MINIMUM wage, *UNITED States education system, *ECONOMIC history, *ECONOMICS
Abstract

Nearly 6 million Americans ages 16 to 24 are not working and not in school, keeping the youth unemployment rate at nearly 15 percent. Young people are always twice as likely to be unemployed as the population as a whole, but many economists worry that young Americans are having a more difficult time since the recent recession in getting a start in the adult world. The effects of high youth unemployment are staggering: delayed marriages, depressed rates of home ownership and, for a growing percentage of young adults, the inability to move out of parental homes into a more independent lifestyle. The number of college graduates working in minimum wage jobs has more than doubled over the past five years, while the situation is even grimmer for young people with less education -- particularly minorities. Meanwhile, working Americans are paying more in taxes to support social-welfare expenses for young people without jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014

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