scholarly journals A European Minimum Wage

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (59) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrica Detragiache ◽  
Christian Ebeke ◽  
La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul ◽  
Koralai Kirabaeva ◽  
Davide Malacrino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Euro Area ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
European Standard ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Direct Benefits ◽  
Real Appreciation

A hypothetical European Minimum Wage (MW) set at 60 percent of each country’s median wage would reduce in-work poverty but have limited effects on overall poverty, as many poor households do not earn a wage near MW and higher unemployment, higher prices, and a loss of social insurance benefits may erode direct benefits. Turning to competitiveness, since the MW increase to reach the European standard would be larger in euro area countries with excessive external surpluses, the associated real appreciation should help curb existing imbalances. However, a few countries with already weak external positions would experience an undesirable real appreciation.

scholarly journals Unequal Use of Social Insurance Benefits: The Role of Employers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Bana ◽  
Kelly Bedard ◽  
Maya Rossin-Slater ◽  
Jenna Stearns
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Insurance Benefits

Insuring the Essentials. Minimum Wage plus Social Insurance--A Living Wage Program

1932 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry W. Laidler ◽  
Barbara N. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Living Wage

The Politics of Supporting Low-Wage Workers and Families

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Gitterman
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Earned Income ◽  
Federal Minimum Wage ◽  
Hourly Basis

This chapter highlights two policies that supplement the earnings of low-wage workers: the federal minimum wage and the earned income tax credit (EITC). The need for earnings supplements arises in part from the nature of the jobs held by less-skilled, low-wage workers. Such jobs are likely to be compensated on an hourly basis, not salaried, and are less likely to be full time. A focus on the minimum wage and the EITC contributes to—and expands our understanding of—the American welfare state in two ways. First, it looks beyond social insurance and public assistance, which have been considered the main tools of social policy, to explore the importance of alternative antipoverty policies. Second, it moves beyond income support to nonworkers to focus on efforts to support individuals who areactivein the labor market.

Social Insurance Overseas

1956 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 154-178
Author(s):  
R. C. Gilder
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
National Income ◽  
The State ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Workmen's Compensation

Social insurance is becoming increasingly important in the economic and social life of many countries. In several the expenditure on insurance benefits has been estimated to be over 10% of the national income. About forty-five nations now have insurance schemes in which the state plays a part, and about seventy have compulsory private or state ‘workmen's compensation’ insurance. Others have assistance schemes. There is continual expansion in the number of countries operating schemes and in the scope of these schemes.In this paper a summary is given of the types of benefit commonly found, and the methods used to assess contributions, and financial systems in use, are then discussed. Although Great Britain was one of the pioneers of social insurance, very few schemes have been modelled on ours and it is instructive to examine the differences.

Unfulfilled Justice

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-59
Author(s):  
Tu Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Labor Dispute ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
The Law

Through a case study of workers’ protests to demand owed wages and social insurance benefits after foreign management had suddenly fled the country, this article discusses the moral and legal dynamics of labor dispute resolution in Vietnam. It examines the local government’s use of extralegal measures, which combine a tactical deployment of the law and moral responsibility, in brokering a resolution. The article argues that these measures, while aimed at addressing the legal challenges of supporting affected workers in the event of these so-called “cicada practices,” are limited in satisfying workers’ demands for justice as workers struggle to claim their legal rights and overcome their precariousness.

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