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Invitation to tender for research from the Low Pay Commission 2017

皇冠体育app Low Pay Commission is commissioning new research to understand the effects of the NLW. 皇冠体育app closing date is 13 March 2017.

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皇冠体育app introduction of the National Living Wage is a major change for the labour market - likely to represent a sharp increase in the nominal, real and relative value of the UK鈥檚 pay floor. Coverage is set to triple by 2020.

In some sectors more than half of workers could be paid at the minimum - all at a time of major change in the economy, and the welfare system. It is, in effect, a natural experiment.

Such a significant change in the minimum wage is likely to have a wide set of effects and there are many approaches that could be used to analyse such effects.

皇冠体育app Low Pay Commission has launched its latest invitation to tender for research. Please see the links below to the projects on the central procurement provider, UKSBS Contracts Finder. 皇冠体育app deadline is 13 March 2017. 皇冠体育appse are open tender calls for research and cover 3 areas.

We are commissioning research:

  • on the impact of the National Minimum Wage and the new National Living Wage on employment and hours (UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17029LPC).

    One project will be commissioned with a total budget up to 拢60,000.

  • into the impact of the minimum wage regime on the labour market outcomes of young workers (UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17030LPC).

    One project will be commissioned with a total budget up to 拢60,000.

  • open call for Other Research on the Impact of the National Living Wage (UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17028LPC).

    Up to four projects will be commissioned, with a total budget of 拢100,000.

Please circulate to colleagues who may be interested.

Please also note that the LPC will be holding a research workshop on the afternoon of Thursday 6 April. Details will follow shortly.

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Published 27 February 2017