The living wage in Mexico’s car manufacturing industry:the case of BMW in San Luis Potosí

This research employed the Anker and Anker (2017) methodology to measure the living wage and assess the socioeconomic reproduction capacity of workers at the lowest wage level. This measurement compares the contractual wage with the minimum wage, the extreme urban poverty and the urban poverty wage...

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Autores: Sánchez-González, Karen Estefanía, García-Jiménez, Humberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/70143
Acceso en línea:https://www.probdes.iiec.unam.mx/index.php/pde/article/view/70143
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:salario digno
automotriz terminal
San Luis Potosí
México
política salarial
living wage
car manufacturing
Mexico
wage policy
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Sumario:This research employed the Anker and Anker (2017) methodology to measure the living wage and assess the socioeconomic reproduction capacity of workers at the lowest wage level. This measurement compares the contractual wage with the minimum wage, the extreme urban poverty and the urban poverty wage and calculates the percentage increase needed to come close to a living wage. The results reveal that the contractual wage is 47% above the minimum wage, 48% above the extreme urban poverty wage, but 4% below the urban poverty wage. And it is significantly below the living wage, with a deficit of 49%.