wage subsidy

collocation in English

meaningsofwageandsubsidy

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wage
noun[S]
uk
/weɪdʒ/us
/weɪdʒ/
a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a ...
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subsidy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/us
/ˈsʌb.sə.di/
money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it ...
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(Definition ofwageandsubsidyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwage subsidy

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If the government is restricted to balance the budget period by period, thewagesubsidyresult ceases to hold.
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In the absence of thewagesubsidy, the budget sets of any two undominated policies cross irrespective of productivity.
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How the case is undermined by adding thewagesubsidyinstrument is shown next.
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I show that this argument, too, becomes inconclusive in the presence of thewagesubsidyinstrument.
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When the tax rate becomes unity, all wage income is taxed away, and net reward is equal to the uniformwagesubsidy.
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In addition to this one-time subsidy, a 20 per centwagesubsidywas also provided.
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It can be shown that, if a consumption tax is available, the efficient policy is to impose a constant consumption tax andwagesubsidy.
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Then the government has a choice between two instruments for redistributing tax revenue: either basic income or a uniformwagesubsidys in return for each hour of work performed.
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Thewagesubsidyinstrument, however, creates a positive incentive to earn for the beneficiaries of redistribution - these being the low wage earners, whose productivity is correspondingly low.
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The information suggests that other local authorities' policies, for example, county councilwagesubsidyschemes, may be substantially cheaper.
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I emphasise that this is not awagesubsidy.
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I am simply pointing out that there is awagesubsidyeffect and that this is ignored by those who oppose minimum wage legislation.
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In the 12 months of thewagesubsidyelement, 289 people have been put into work.
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As many outside groups have suggested, it is largely in the form of awagesubsidy.
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The most obvious unintended effect of the scheme is the deadweight cost associated with anywagesubsidyprogramme.
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We are offering, as my noble friend said, awagesubsidyto employers to attract and hold staff.
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My noble friend did not say that this was awagesubsidyto stop wages from being driven down below the minimum wage level.
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The tax credit system provides them with a form ofwagesubsidy.
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Family credit is not an indiscriminatewagesubsidy.
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