Research, Research, Research

Besides the living wage and income benchmark studies, the reference value studies and subnational estimate studies that we produce, the Anker Research Institute engages in high-quality research that explores the drivers of income inequality and areas where wage improvement efforts will have the greatest impact, including on vulnerable groups such as migrant and gig workers, gender pay gaps, in-kind benefits as a component of living wages, and minimum wage policies.   

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Gender Pay Gaps in Global Supply Chains: Findings from Workplaces in Bangladesh,Colombia, Morocco, Thailand, and Turkey
Gender Pay Gaps in Global Supply Chains: Findings from Workplaces in Bangladesh,Colombia, Morocco, Thailand, and Turkey

This report published in Feb 2024 presents the findings of studies in five countries to test the Anker Research Institute’s new methodology for measuring the size and determinants of gender pay gaps at workplaces in global supply chains.

Assessing the Need for Living Wage Benchmark Studies for the Tea Sector in Assam and West Bengal
Assessing the Need for Living Wage Benchmark Studies for the Tea Sector in Assam and West Bengal

This working paper assesses the need for living wage Benchmark Studies in the Tea Sector in Assam and West Bengal, India.

How Gender is Embedded in the Anker Methodology and an Exploration of Care Work and Living Wage
How Gender is Embedded in the Anker Methodology and an Exploration of Care Work and Living Wage

This paper explains how a gender perspective is embedded into the Anker Methodology for estimating a living wage. This is important for transparency and for ensuring that users of Anker Methodology living wage and living income estimates and other interested parties understand the approach.

Brechas Salariales de Género en el Sector Bananero Exportador de Colombia
Brechas Salariales de Género en el Sector Bananero Exportador de Colombia

Este artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio sobre las brechas salariales entre hombres y mujeres a nivel de establecimiento productivo en el sector bananero de exportación de Colombia.

(Image: Fairtrade International)

Gender Pay Gaps in the Banana Export Sector in Colombia
Gender Pay Gaps in the Banana Export Sector in Colombia

This paper reports the findings of a study on gender pay gaps at the workplace level in the banana export sector in Colombia. (Featured Image: Fairtrade International)

Identifying Living Income and Living Wage Zones of India
Identifying Living Income and Living Wage Zones of India

This paper tries to answer is whether it is possible to map India into Living Income/Living Wage zones, given its size and diversity. (Featured Image: @nandhukumarndd)

Anker Living Income Estimates for Cocoa Growing Regions in Brazil
Anker Living Income Estimates for Cocoa Growing Regions in Brazil

This report provides Anker Living Income estimates for six cocoa growing areas in Brazil: South Bahia; East Rondonia; Southwest Pará; Southeast Pará; North Coast Espirito Santo and Belém metropolitan area.

Living Wage and Living Income for Sustainable Diet
Living Wage and Living Income for Sustainable Diet

Sustainable diets are far from assured for many people. Acquisition of a nutritious sustainable diet is predicated upon the availability of income, the inadequacy of which inhibits many people from realizing proper sustenance throughout the year.

Anker Living Income Estimates for Coffee Growing Regions of Brazil
Anker Living Income Estimates for Coffee Growing Regions of Brazil

This report provides Anker Living Income estimates for three coffee growing areas in Brazil: Northwest Espírito Santo; Zona da Mata mineira, and Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba.

Same Job, Different Wage for Migrants?
Same Job, Different Wage for Migrants?

This paper investigates the argument that the cost of a decent standard of living is lower for migrants than for nationals when the former have family members left behind in a low-wage, low-cost country. (Featured Image: @jramos10)

Living Income for Guji Zone (Oromia Region), Ethiopia
Living Income for Guji Zone (Oromia Region), Ethiopia

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses for the coffee-producing rural Guji zone, a small administrative division in the south of Ethiopia in the Oromia Region. (Featured Image: @rodrigoflores_photo)