0 used to describe jobs for which or places in which workers are paid little:
They are lowering costs by moving production to low-wage countries.
It is unlikely that the majority of low-wage employers will voluntarily provide the same level of employee benefits as found in the primary labour market.
The second cluster includes the rate of unemployment, trade with low-wage countries, female labour force participation and private service employment.
In contrast to prevailing low-wage, labour-extensive forms of employment, from the 1950s increased skill levels were rewarded by higher salaries.
A transitional economy that does not continue to privatize over time can only approach the low-wage steady state in the long-run.
However, there are concerns that any loosening of the rules could lead to a drop in participation by low-wage workers.
The experimentation with "work-in-benefits" for low-wage employees is important.
Another key feature of a portable benefits package could include supplemental retirement benefits, which many low-wage employers fail to provide for their workers.
It is because of the duties that even middle-class low-wage workers should be paid a minimum wage.
