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Skill: the solution to low wage work?
Author(s) -
Lloyd Caroline,
Mayhew Ken
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2010.00578.x
Subject(s) - wage , raising (metalworking) , low wage , labour economics , work (physics) , position (finance) , economics , government (linguistics) , principal (computer security) , power (physics) , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , operating system
During the UK Labour government's 13 years in power, raising skill levels was seen as the principal mechanism to improve the position of workers stuck in low wage jobs. This article draws together research undertaken in low wage sectors to question the assumptions that underlay Labour's approach to low pay.