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

United States

Charles Krauthammer has said there should be a two-tiered system where breadwinners have a higher minimum wage.[1]

Israel

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

In the United Kingdom, a family wage was a demand of male labour unionists at the turn of the 19th century.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Schwartz, Ian (30 December 2013). "Krauthammer's Minimum Wage Solution: Make It A Two-Tier System". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ^ See The Founding Myths of Israel, Chapter 6 - Democracy and Equality on Trial
  3. ^ Oxford Dictionary of Sociology
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