The GLWC and The Anker Research Institute are pleased to share the new 2021 Living Wage Reference Value for typical rural and urban areas of Gabon. Anker Reference Values for living wages and living incomes are based on a methodology developed by Richard and Martha Anker and Ian Prates, using a regression analysis of the […]
Announcements
The latest news and announcements from the Global Living Wage Coalition.
New Benchmark Report and Living Wage Update
Photo credit: Marcel Crozet / ILO The GLWC is pleased to share the new benchmark report for Rural Belize and a new living wage update for Bangladesh. The study on rural regions of Belize was originally conducted in May 2018 and includes an update to 2021. This report estimates the wage a worker in rural […]
Introducing “Understanding Gender Pay Gaps around the World”
Guidelines for Measurement in Workplaces and Sectors There are many reasons that women earn less than men, on average, worldwide—fewer opportunities for paid employment, lower paying jobs in industries with predominantly female workforces, more time spent on unpaid labor, and more. Worldwide, these many factors contribute to an average “gender pay gap” of 19%. It’s […]
New Living Wage Update for Ghana
The GLWC is pleased to share a new 2021 living wage update for the peri-urban, Lower Volta area of Ghana. This report updates the living wage estimate to account for changes in inflation, exchange rates, costs of living, and policy changes since the original reporting. See the latest update. Coming Soon The Global Living […]
Introducing: Migrant wages research, new Working Paper series
Same Job, Different Wage for Migrants? Case of Nicaragua Migrants in Costa Rica Anker Research Institute study shows that the wage needed to support Nicaraguan migrant workers and their families left behind in Nicaragua at a decent standard of living is similar to the wage needed by local Costa Rican workers. Read the full study […]
New Reference Values for Argentina and Turkey
Photo credit: Fabio Ingrosso The GLWC and Anker Living Wage and Income Research Network are pleased to share two new Reference Values: living income for rural Turkey and living wage for non-metropolitan urban Argentina. Anker Reference Values for living wages and living incomes are based on a new methodology developed by Richard and Martha Anker […]
New Living Wage Benchmark for Brazil
A worker in an orange farm close to Bebedouro in the state of São Paulo. Credit: Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa Living Wage for Non-Metropolitan Brazil, State of São Paulo The Global Living Wage Coalition and Anker Living Wage and Income Research Network are pleased to announce the release of a brand new living wage benchmark […]
New Reference Values! Cameroon, Nigeria & Papua New Guinea
The GLWC and Anker Living Wage and Income Research Network are pleased to share four new Living Wage and Living Income Reference Values for rural areas of Cameroon, Nigeria, and Papua New Guinea. This effort is a joint collaboration with the Living Income Community of Practice and a consortium of cocoa and chocolate companies. These […]
New Living Wage Benchmark Report – Michoacán, Mexico
We are pleased to announce the release of a brand new living wage benchmark for the Non-metropolitan urban and rural northwestern regions of Michoacán, Mexico. This study, conducted in October 2020, is the first of its kind in Mexico for focusing on workers in an area of the country with urban non-metropolitan and rural populations, […]
Two New Reference Values and Living Wage Update
Photo credit: Coffee Management Services Reference Values The GLWC and Anker Living Wage and Income Research Network are pleased to share two new Anker Living Income Reference Values: Rural Argentina and Rural Mozambique. Anker Reference Values for living wages and living incomes are based on a new methodology developed by Richard and Martha Anker and […]
