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Minimum Wages and Social Policy : Lessons from Developing Countries

This report examines how minimum wages affect the income poverty of workers, their households, and the state. It does not question whether or not the minimum wage is a good policy: instead, it focuses on the tradeoffs in setting the minimum wage le...

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Main Author:	Cunningham, Wendy
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AVERAGE WAGE AVERAGE WAGES BARGAINING POWER BENEFICIARIES CASH TRANSFERS CLOSED ECONOMIES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COMPETITIVE MARKET CURRENCY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS DISMISSED WORKERS DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC WORKERS EARNING EARNINGS EARNINGS OF WOMEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EFFICIENCY WAGES EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EXTERNALITIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE WORKERS FINANCES FIRM SIZE FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL SECTOR WAGE FORMAL SECTOR WAGES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS GENERAL POPULATION GINI COEFFICIENT HIGH WAGE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOMES INCREASE IN INCOMES INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB EXPERIENCE JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR MINISTRIES LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR SHORTAGE LABOR STANDARDS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR SUPPLY INCENTIVES LABOR TURNOVER LABORERS LABOUR LARGE FIRMS LATIN AMERICAN LAYOFFS LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOMES LOW-INCOME MALE WORKERS MANUFACTURING WAGE MARITIME WORKERS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET WAGE MARKET WAGES MAXIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE LAW MINIMUM WAGES MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER MOTIVATION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PENSION PENSION ISSUE POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATES PRICE INDEX PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC WORKS PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGES RENTS RESEARCH ASSISTANCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL WORKERS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SALARIED WORKER SALARIED WORKERS SALARIES SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEVERANCE SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEM SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL WELFARE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE UNIONS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED POOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUABLE WAGE ADJUSTMENT WAGE BILL WAGE BOARDS WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EARNERS WAGE EFFECTS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE FLOOR WAGE GAIN WAGE GAINS WAGE GAP WAGE INCREASE WAGE INCREASES WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WAGE POLICIES WAGE POLICY WAGE SECTOR WAGE SET WAGE STRUCTURE WESTERN EUROPE WORKER WORKERS WORKING POOR WORLD MARKET YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8091515/minimum-wages-social-policy-lessons-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6760

Minimum Wages and Social Policy : Lessons from Developing Countries

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