price that varies from $3.00 to $3.80 per kg.29 By contrast, cultivated ligno-cellulosic ï¬bers usually have costs that are about one order of magnitude lower. For example, in Brazil, the export FOB price of piassava ï¬bers is $0.37, curaua ï¬ber, $0.44, and sponge-gourd, $0.60 per kg. 7 It is also worth mentioning that
Factors Which increase Bargaining power for workers. 1  Unique skills and qualifications. 2  A worker with more unique skills will have a greater impact on wage determination. 3  A professional footballer can command a high wage because his ability can make a huge difference to the earning power of the club.
The authors find that the sharpest wage increases due to raising the minimum wage occur for workers at the bottom five percent of the wage scale, where U.S. minimum-wage workers are most likely to be concentrated. A ten percent increase in the minimum wage raises that 5th percentile wage by about 2.9 percent. The study also finds evidence of ripple effects as the minimum wage increases wages for workers who make more than the minimumâand that these ripple effects dissipate the further one moves up the wage ladder.