The International Experience - Bibliography
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Armstrong, Pat., Amaratunga, Carol., Bernier, Jocelyne., Grant, Karen., Pederson, Ann & Willson, Kay. (2001). Exposing Privatization - Women and Health Care Reform in Canada. Ontario, Canada.
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Bernstein, Jared. (2000, August). Higher Wages Lead to More Efficient Service Provision: The Impact of Living Wage Ordinances on the Public Contracting Process. EPI (Economic Policy Institute) Issue Guide on the Living Wage.
Bernstein, Jared. (2002, May/June). Making a Living - How the Living Wage Movement has Prevailed. NHI (National Housing Institute) Issue 123.
Brenner, Mark D., & Luce, Stephanie. (2005). Living Wage Laws in Practice - the Boston, New Haven and Hartford Experiences. University of Massachusetts: Political Economy Research Institute.
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Centre for Public Services. (2002, August). Modernising Public Services? Evidence from the Frontline
Centre for Public Services. (2004). The Case for a Positive Public Duty on Age Equality.
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Chaney, Paul & Fevre, Ralph. (2002). An Absolute Duty: Equal Opportunities and the National Assembly for Wales. A Study of the Equality Policies of the Welsh Assembly Government and their Implementation: July 1999 to March 2002. Institute of Welsh Affaires.
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Escott, Karen & Whitfield, Dexter. (1995). The Gender Impact of CCT in Local Government. Centre for Public Services, for the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Escott, Karen & Whitfield, Dexter. (2002). Promoting Gender Equity in the Public Sector. Centre for Public Services.
Farris, D., Runsten, D., Briones, C. & Goodheart, J. (2005). Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses.
Frazer, Lyn. (1997). Impact of Contracting Out on Female NESB Workers: Case Study of the NSW Government Cleaning Service. Ethnic Communities Council of NSW Inc.
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Grant, K., Amaratunga, C., Armstrong, P., Boscoe, M., Pederson, A. & Willson, K. (eds.) (2004). Caring For/Caring About: Women, Home Care and Unpaid Caregiving. Ontario, Canada.
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Greve, Carsten. (2003). Public Private Partnerships in Scandinavia. International Public Management Review. Vol 4; Issue 2.
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Howes, Candace. (2002). The Impact of a Large Wage Increase on the Workforce Stability of IHSS Homecare Workers in San Francisco County. University of California Institute for Labor and Employment, and the University of California Center for Labor Research and Education, Berkeley.
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O'Cinneide, Colm. (2003). Beyond the Limits of Equal Treatment: The Use of Positive Duties in Equality Law, in Mainstreaming Equality: Models for a Statutory Duty. Dublin, Equality Authority.
O'Cinneide, Colm. (2005). Positive Duties and Gender Equity. International Journal of Discrimination and the Law. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) web article: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=707384
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