Minimum Wages and Social Policy : Lessons from Developing Countries

Offering evidence from both detailed individual country studies and homogenized statistics across the Latin American and Caribbean region, this book examines the impact of the minimum wage on wages, employment, poverty, income distribution and government budgets in the context of a large informal sector and predominantly unskilled workforces.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Cunningham, Wendy V.
Other Persons:	Bank, World (contributor)
Publisher:	Herndon : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Sozialpolitik \| Social policy \| Armutsbekämpfung \| Poverty reduction \| Mindestlohn \| Minimum wage \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Lateinamerika \| Latin America \| Karibischer Raum \| Caribbean countries
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	1 online resource (154 pages)
Series:	Directions in Development Directions in development. Human development
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Overview; Chapter 2 Context and Framework; Boxes; Chapter 3 Minimum Wage Institutions in LAC: What Are They and Who Earns Them?; Tables; Figures; Chapter 4 The Worker: How Do Minimum Wages Affect Other Wages and Employment?; Chapter 5 The Households: The Minimum Wage as an Antipoverty Tool; Chapter 6 The State: The Minimum Wage Implications for Public Expenditures; Chapter 7 The International Community: Lessons from Their Experiences; Chapter 8 Report Conclusions and Policy Considerations; References; Appendix I Research Methodologies Appendix II Summary of LiteratureAppendix III Source of Data for Cross-Country Comparisons; Appendix IV Kernel Density Plots; Index
ISBN:	978-0-8213-7012-4 ; 978-0-8213-7011-7 ; 978-0-8213-7011-7
Classification:	Entwicklungsökonomie ; Einkommen, Beschäftigung, Arbeitsmarkt
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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