Living Wage Update Report: Northwest Nicaragua (October 2020)

Ian Prates (), Richard Anker () and Martha Anker ()
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Ian Prates: Social Accountability International
Richard Anker: Anker Research Institute
Martha Anker: Anker Research Institute

No 20-04-07, Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) from Universidad Privada Boliviana

Abstract: This report updates the living wage and living expenses for Northwest Nicaragua, a region dominated by labor-intensive export agriculture, such as coffee, bananas, sugar cane and tobacco. The net living wage and living expenses are updated to the study month of the most recent calendar year – October 2020 – to take into account the amount of inflation since the original study in October 2017. Without accounting for inflation, the net living wage estimated in 2017 would not be sufficient for workers to have a basic but decent standard of living in 2020 because the purchasing power of the living wage would have decreased. Similarly, living expenses for a reference family are also updated to October 2020 to account for inflation.

Keywords: Living Wage; Nicaragua; coffee; bananas; sugar cane; tobacco; Anker Methodology. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 J13 J22 J30 J80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 3 pages
Date: 2020-10
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