Introduction of a National Minimum Wage Reduced Depressive Symptoms in Low‐Wage Workers: A Quasi‐Natural Experiment in the UK
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3336
Abstract: Summary Does increasing incomes improve health? In 1999, the UK government implemented minimum wage legislation, increasing hourly wages to at least £3.60. This policy experiment created intervention and control groups that can be used to… read more here.
Keywords: depressive symptoms; low wage; wage workers; minimum wage ... See more keywords
Low and Higher Wage Workers Report No Differences in Four Barriers to Primary Care Access.
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DOI: 10.1089/pop.2019.0028
Abstract: Lower wage workers, known to seek more care in the emergency department (ED), may encounter more barriers to timely outpatient primary care. This study aimed to identify differences in self-reported delays in care related to… read more here.
Keywords: wage workers; primary care; report; wage ... See more keywords
1331 Finding at-risk, low wage workers in community health centres in the us
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DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.448
Abstract: Introduction The ‘working poor’ bear an inequitable burden of work-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. They often obtain healthcare in community health centres (CHCs) and do not report work-relatedness. The aim was to determine whether the… read more here.
Keywords: low wage; wage workers; community health; wage ... See more keywords
The Inequitable Effects of Raising the Retirement Age on Blacks and Low-Wage Workers
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DOI: 10.1177/0034644619843529
Abstract: Increasing the Social Security Full Retirement Age (FRA) adversely affects all workers because an increase is equivalent to an across-the-board cut in benefits. Raising the FRA leaves workers with two bad choices: working longer or… read more here.
Keywords: retirement; low wage; wage workers; retirement age ... See more keywords
Relationship between long work hours and self-reported sleep disorders of non-shift daytime wage workers in South Korea: data from the 5th Korean Working Conditions Survey
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DOI: 10.35371/aoem.2020.32.e35
Abstract: Background Studies have investigated the relationship between long work hours and sleep disorders; however, they have focused on shift workers or specific workers who are at high risk of industrial accidents rather than wage workers… read more here.
Keywords: wage workers; work hours; wage; sleep disorders ... See more keywords
COVID-19: A STUDY OF CHALLENGES FACED BY DAILY WAGE WORKERS AND MIGRANTS IN INDIA.
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DOI: 10.36106/ijar/9811589
Abstract: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the daily wage workers and migrants has been largely unsettling and it has pushed our economy to recession. Wages have an important role in maintaining the livelihood and the… read more here.
Keywords: wage workers; daily wage; wage; covid study ... See more keywords
The Wage Mobility of Low-Wage Workers in a Changing Economy, 1968 to 2014
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DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2019.5.4.06
Abstract: How are changes in the low-wage labor market affecting the mobility of workers out of low-wage work? I investigate changes in the wage mobility of workers starting employment spells in low wages using the Panel… read more here.
Keywords: low wage; mobility; 1968 2014; wage mobility ... See more keywords