An Analysis of the Impact of the UK’s National Living Wage (NLW) on Low-Skilled Employment, In-Work Poverty, and Regional Income Disparities
Keywords:
National Living Wage, low-skilled employment, in-work poverty, regional disparity, UK labour market, income inequalityAbstract
This paper provides an empirical evaluation of impact the National Living Wages of the UK has made at the level of low-skilled employment, in-work poverty, and regional disparities since its introduction in 2016. It combines time-series analysis with quasi-experimental regional comparisons to study the data available in public domain from Labour Force Survey (LFS), Annual Survey o Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Household Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics, and Low Pay Commission (LPC) reports.
Downloads
Published
2025-01-07
Issue
Section
Articles
License
Copyright (c) 2025 International Journal of Business Management and Visuals, ISSN: 3006-2705
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
How to Cite
An Analysis of the Impact of the UK’s National Living Wage (NLW) on Low-Skilled Employment, In-Work Poverty, and Regional Income Disparities . (2025). International Journal of Business Management and Visuals, ISSN: 3006-2705, 8(1), 27-33. https://ijbmv.com/index.php/home/article/view/163
