Same Job, Different Wage for Migrants?
Producers in immigrant receiving countries, such as Costa Rica, often make the argument that a separate (and lower) living wage for migrants is justified. In this blog Koen Voorent, Senior Researcher, and lead author of the working paper ‘Same Job, Different Wage for Migrant? Discusses why this argument is problematic not just on the principle of equal pay for equal work but on discrimination based on nationally.