Living wages and the welfare state: The Anglo‐American social model in transitionShaunWilsonBristol: Polity Press. 2021
本书评估了六个英语国家（澳大利亚、加拿大、爱尔兰、新西兰、英国和美国）的最低工资与生活工资政策，比较了法定最低工资与自愿性生活工资运动，并分析了这些政策对劳动力市场的影响。
This book is a welcome evaluation of six English-speaking `liberal` welfare states Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and United Kingdom, and the United States, comparing decent minimum wage or living wages.Chapter 1 uses the Kaitz index-a measure that compares the relative value of the minimum wage compared to the median wage.The discussion evaluates how minimum wages influence at least ten per cent of each of the workforce of each nation.The study outlines definitions of statutory minimum wages, actual `voluntary` living wages, conditions of employment policies and the welfare state interventions providing social security support (Table 1.1 Definitional scope of minimum and living wages.p. 9).A particular comparison is the differentiation between statutory minimum intervention and voluntary `real` living wage campaigning in and Anglo-American context (including Canada).