The Effects of Minimum Wage Policy on the Long-Term Care Sector in England.

Autor/inn/en	Vadean, Florin; Allan, Stephen
Titel	The Effects of Minimum Wage Policy on the Long-Term Care Sector in England. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Auswirkungen der Mindestlohnpolitik auf den Pflegesektor in England.
Quelle	In: British journal of industrial relations, 59 (2021) 2, S. 307-334 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-8543
DOI	10.1111/bjir.12572
Schlagwörter	Beschäftigungseffekt; Einkommen; Lohnpolitik; Lohnstruktur; Mindestlohn; Arbeitszeitentwicklung; Pflegerischer Beruf; Altenpflege; Auswirkung; Pflegedienst; Pflegehilfe; Pflegepersonal; England; Großbritannien
Abstract	"The increase in the National Minimum Wage rate in October 2015 and the introduction of the National Living Wage in April 2016 led, in a short period of time, to an aggregated increase in the wage floor of over 10 per cent for workers in England aged 25 and over. The long-term care (LTC) sector is a labour intensive, low pay sector, and as such, can be substantially affected by changes in minimum wage. We assessed the effects of this exogenous wage increase on independent LTC providers by looking at effects on wages, employment, weekly hours, and employment contracts. Using data from the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) and applying a? before-after? analysis, we found that the substantial increase in minimum wage had a strong and positive effect on wages in the LTC sector, but with substantial compression of the wage distribution at the lower end. Although, as in other studies, the employment effect was rather elusive, we found that for care homes this can be partially explained by a negative effect on total weekly hours. We also found positive but short-term effects on employment without guaranteed working hours (i.e. zero-hour contracts) for both residential and domiciliary care." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/4