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Can the introduction of a minimum wage in fyr Macedonia decrease the gender wage gap ?
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F. - 2008
"This paper relies on a simple framework to understand the gender wage gap in Macedonia, and simulates how the gender wage gap would behave after the introduction of a minimum wage. First, it presents a new - albeit simple - decomposition of the wage gap into three factors: (i) a wage level...
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Is a guaranteed living wage a good anti-poverty policy?
Murgai, Rinku - 2005
"Minimum wages are generally thought to be unenforceable in developing rural economies. But there is one solution - a workfare scheme in which the government acts as the employer of last resort. Is this a cost-effective policy against poverty? Using a microeconometric model of the casual labor...
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Who benefits from labor market regulations? : / Chile 1960-1998
Montenegro, Claudio - 2003
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Minimum Wage Policy : Lessons with a Focus on the ASEAN Region
World Bank - 2014
As developing economies continue to mature and enter the next phase of reforms, labor market issues and key policy instruments such as the minimum wage increasingly come to the forefront. Increased globalization and wider competition compel countries to make labor markets more flexible so as not...
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Di bao : a guaranteed minimum income in urban China?
Wang, Youjuan - 2006
"Concerns about incentives and targeting naturally arise when cash transfers are used to fight poverty. The authors address these concerns in the context of China's Di Bao program, which uses means-tested transfers to try to assure that no registered urban resident has an income below a...
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Do minimum wages in Latin America and the Caribbean matter? : evidence from 19 countries
Cunningham, Wendy V. - 2006
"Despite the existence of minimum wage legislation in most Latin American countries, there is little empirical evidence demonstrating its impact on the distribution of wages. In this study the authors analyze cross-country data for 19 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to gain an...
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Productive Longevity
World Bank - 2024
Recognizing that this agenda spans virtually all of the World Bank's policy areas, this brief focuses on policies under the purview of the World Bank's Social Protection and Jobs (SPJ) agenda, especially those related to employment and skills development. Within the Bank, the productive...
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Improving Business Regulations to Support Productivity Growth in Viet Nam
World Bank - 2024
To achieve high-income status by 2045, Vietnam must accelerate regulatory reforms to boost productivity. Vietnam … high-income status requires accelerating productivity growth. Firm-level analysis points to misallocation as a critical … constraint to productivity growth in Viet Nam. Regulatory reforms can create favorable conditions for reallocating resources from …
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ASEAN Capacity for Vaccine Research and Development and Production
World Bank - 2023
COVID-19 has devastated the ASEAN region, threatening two decades of human and economic development gains. With a population of more than 600 million, the region has reported more than 13 million COVID-19 cases as of October 2021, with Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand leading...
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