Acknowledgments
Foreword Robert Pollin
1. Introduction
2. Overview of the Anker living wage methodology
SECTION I COST OF A BASIC BUT DECENT LIFE FOR WORKER AND FAMILY
3. Model diet for a living wage
4. Local food prices
5. Local housing standard for a living wage
6. Local cost of decent housing for a living wage
7. Non-food and non-housing costs
8. Post checks of non-food non-housing costs: Introduction
9. Health care cost rapid assessment post check
10. Education cost rapid assessment post check
11. Provision for unexpected events and sustainability
12. Family size for a living wage
SECTION II ESTIMATING A LIVING WAGE
13. Number of workers per family
14. Take home pay required and taking statutory deductions into account
SECTION III PREVAILING WAGES AND GAPS TO A LIVING WAGE
15. Measuring prevailing wages to compare to a living wage
16. In kind benefits as partial payment of a living wage
17. Living wage in context: Wage ladder and wage trends
SECTION IV TYPICAL LIVING WAGE REPORT AND UPDATING A LIVING WAGE ESTIMATE
18. Suggested outline of a living wage report
19. Summary tables to include in a living wage report
20. Updating a living wage estimate
Bibliography
Index
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Front Matter
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SECTION I COST OF A BASIC BUT DECENT LIFE FOR WORKER AND FAMILY
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SECTION II ESTIMATING A LIVING WAGE
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SECTION III PREVAILING WAGES AND GAPS TO A LIVING WAGE
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SECTION IV TYPICAL LIVING WAGE REPORT AND UPDATING A LIVING WAGE ESTIMATE
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