Family wage
A family wage is a wage that is sufficient to raise a family. This contrasts with a living wage, which is generally taken to mean a wage sufficient for a single individual to live on, but not necessarily sufficient to also support a family.
History
[edit]United States
[edit]Charles Krauthammer has said there should be a two-tiered system where breadwinners have a higher minimum wage.[1]
Israel
[edit]A family wage – a basic wage, with a supplement by family size, was adopted by the dominant trade union in the British Mandate of Palestine (now the state of Israel), Histadrut, in 1923, and remained policy for a decade, but implementation was limited.[2]
United Kingdom
[edit]In the United Kingdom, a family wage was a demand of male labour unionists at the turn of the 19th century.[3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Schwartz, Ian (30 December 2013). "Krauthammer's Minimum Wage Solution: Make It A Two-Tier System". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ See The Founding Myths of Israel, Chapter 6 - Democracy and Equality on Trial
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of Sociology
- Oxford Dictionary of Sociology: family wage Archived 2008-10-03 at the Wayback Machine