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Living Wage Update Report: Rural Costa Rica, Limón and Heredia Provinces (May 2019)

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  • Koen Voorend

    (Anker Research Institute)

  • Richard Anker

    (Anker Research Institute)

  • Martha Anker

    (Anker Research Institute)

Abstract

This report updates the living wage and living expenses for the Limón and Heredia provinces in Costa Rica, with focus on the banana (and pineapple) industry. The net living wage and living expenses are updated to the study month of the most recent calendar year—May 2019—to take into account the amount of inflation since the original May 2017 living wage study. Without accounting for inflation, the net living wage estimated in May 2017 would not be sufficient for workers to have a basic but decent standard of living in May 2019, because the purchasing power of the living wage would have decreased compared to what it was in 2017. Similarly, living expenses for a reference family are also updated to May 2019 to account for inflation.

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  • Koen Voorend & Richard Anker & Martha Anker, 2019. "Living Wage Update Report: Rural Costa Rica, Limón and Heredia Provinces (May 2019)," Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) 19-04-05, Universidad Privada Boliviana.
    • Handle: RePEc:iad:glliwa:190405
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    Keywords

    Living Wage; Costa Rica; rural; bananas; Anker Methodology.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
    • J80 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - General

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