Is it Possible to Decouple Foreign Workers' Wages from the Minimum Wage in Taiwan?

Jen-Te Hwang, Chieh-Hsuan Wang and Chien-Ping Chung

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2011, vol. 22, issue 2, 107-130

Abstract: The impact of minimum wage legislation has been widely discussed and is a major concern among labour economists. This article investigates, from economic, legal, international political, trade, and social perspectives, the possibility of decoupling foreign workers' wages from the minimum wage in Taiwan. The results show that foreign workers' wages cannot possibly be decoupled from the minimum wage, and foreign workers should not be treated as a separate group of workers in Taiwan's minimum wage policy.

Keywords: Foreign workers; labour costs; migrant workers; minimum wage; Taiwan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/103530461102200206

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