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Minimum wages and labor supply in an emerging market : the case of Mauritius

Asmal, Zaakhir; Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Ranzani, Marco - 2018

This paper investigates the effect of multiple minimum wages, known as remuneration orders, on employment and working … hours in Mauritius. Using data between 2004 and 2014, the analysis indicates that a 10 percent increase in the minimum wages ….113, which is within the range of elasticities found in previous studies of employment effects of minimum wages in low- and …

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The impact of employer discrimination on female labor market outcomes : experimental evidence from Tunisia

Alaref, Jumana; Towfighian, Samira Nikaein; Paez, Gustavo N. - 2020

The role of employer discrimination in widening labor market differences between men and women has been hypothesized and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender-based discrimination by employers at the point of...

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The motherhood penalty and female employment in urban India

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The effects of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers : evidence from the Rana Plaza Collapse in Bangladesh

Bossavie, Laurent; Cho, Yoonyoung; Heath, Rachel - 2019

wages have fallen significantly for female workers. The results suggest that regulations that are initially aimed at helping …

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Busting the myth : the impact of increasing the minimum wage : the experience of Romania

Heemskerk, Frank; Voinea, Liviu; Cojocaru, Alexandra - 2018

This paper discusses the impact of a gradual, pre-announced significant increase of the minimum wage during 2013-16 in Romania. The main finding is that the positive effects prevail when the starting level of increase in the minimum wage is very low and the economy is in a negative output gap....

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Ex-ante evaluation of the impact of increases in minimum wages on labor market outcomes in Kosovo

Robayo-Abril, Monica; Terskaya, Anastasia; Brodmann, … - 2020

wage is long overdue, due to decreasing nominal wages in real terms, policy needs to strike a fine balance between …

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Trade liberalization, employment flows and wage inequality in Brazil

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Leite, Phillippe G.; … - 2007

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Globalization and workers in developing countries

Rama, Martín - 2003

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Labor market distortions in Cote d'Ivoire : analyses of employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector

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Are public sector workers in developing countries overpaid? : evidence from a new global data set

Gindling, Thomas; Hasnain, Zahid; Newhouse, David Locke; … - 2019

This paper examines the public sector wage premium using nationally representative household surveys from 91 countries. The public sector generally pays a wage premium compared to all private sector salaried employees, but the size of the premium is sensitive to the choice of the private sector...

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