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Number of workers per family

In: Living Wages Around the World

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A living wage is a family wage and in the twenty-first century the model of a single male worker in the family is not realistic. Therefore, the Anker methodology considers that it is appropriate to defray the cost of a decent living standard for a reference size family over the average number full-time equivalent workers per family in the location, which is between one and two workers and depends on location. As there is a good deal of variation around the world in the extent to which women are in the labor force, as well as large differences in labor force participation between rural and urban areas, the number of full-time equivalent workers per family needs to be location-specific in order to be realistic. Chapter 13 explains how to combine data on labor force participation rates, unemployment rates and part time employment rates to estimate the number of full-time equivalent workers per family. An example of how to estimate the number of workers per family for a living wage study is provided.

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  • ., 2017. "Number of workers per family," Chapters, in: Living Wages Around the World, chapter 13, pages 247-262, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Smith, Annie & Peled, Maya & Horton, Katie & Martin, Stephanie, 2023. "Engaging care leavers as youth researchers to assess the feasibility of a family finding model," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).

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