Open AccessDoes the Living Wage ensure an adequate standard of living for families?
Author(s) -
Susan St John,
Yun So
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v13i3.4668
Subject(s) - aotearoa , egalitarianism , poverty , standard of living , living wage , wage , inequality , economics , raising (metalworking) , labour economics , demographic economics , sociology , economic growth , political science , gender studies , market economy , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics , politics , law
New Zealand was once held up as a model of egalitarianism to other countries. Today New Zealand is far from being that leader, with high income and wealth inequality and an unacceptable level of family poverty and homelessness. Children are particularly affected, suffering the highest levels of material deprivation in New Zealand (Perry, 2016). Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand (LWMA) has argued that raising wages is the best way to address this problem.