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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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repository: | Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/70143 |
| Online Access: | https://www.probdes.iiec.unam.mx/index.php/pde/article/view/70143 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | salario digno automotriz terminal San Luis Potosí México política salarial living wage car manufacturing Mexico wage policy |
| Summary: | 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%. |
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