Helping them to help themselves : the case of low-wage workers in Singapore.

• Main Authors: Chan, Valerie Yuen Theng., Lim, Han Ming., Lee, Mei Jie.
• Other Authors: Chew Soon Beng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44266
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The persistent proportion of low wage workers in Singapore motivates us to find the reasons that contribute to low wage in the country and work towards helping the low wage workers. The Workfare scheme has been examined through a survey and regression analysis. The survey found that many low wage wo...