UID:
almahu_9949191312402882
Format:
xvi, 132 pages :
,
illustrations ;
,
23 cm.
ISBN:
0821370111
,
082137012X (electronic)
,
9780821370117
,
9780821370124 (electronic)
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Human development
Note:
Overview -- Introduction -- Report findings -- Issues for policy discussion -- Note -- Context and framework -- The historical and social justice perspective--birth and evolution of the minimum wage -- Theoretical underpinnings--the classical economic view -- Two-sector economies--models with a "covered" and "uncovered" sector -- Empirical evidence from the OECD countries -- The Latin American research -- Notes -- Minimum wage institutions in LAC: what are they and who earns them? -- What is a minimum wage? -- There is no common "minimum wage system" for LAC -- Who earns the minimum wage? -- How high is the minimum wage in LAC? -- Notes -- The worker: how do minimum wages affect other wages and employment? -- Minimum wages are somewhat binding -- Minimum wage policies increase wages throughout the wage distribution -- The level of the minimum wage determines whether it increases or decreases wage inequality -- Wage benefits are not concentrated on any particular group of workers -- Minimum wages increase unemployment -- Subnational minimum wages are standard practice -- Notes -- The households: the minimum wage as an antipoverty tool -- The value of the minimum wage is below the household subsistence level -- The minimum wage decreases poverty rates, but does not help the most poor -- High minimum wages increase household income inequality -- Notes -- The state: the minimum wage implications for public expenditures -- The minimum wage may have large impacts on the public sector wage bill -- An increase in the minimum wage can have substantial impacts on the cost of social benefits -- Notes -- The international community: lessons from their experiences -- Setting and managing minimum wages -- Enforcement -- Note -- Report conclusions and policy considerations -- Report conclusions -- Considerations for policy debates -- Note -- References -- Appendix I: Research methodologies -- Notes -- Appendix II: Summary of literature-- Appendix III: Source of data for cross-country comparisons -- Appendix IV: Kernel density plots -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print Version: ISBN 9780821370117
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7011-7
