UID:
edocfu_9958074062602883
Format:
xvi, 132 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-94048-4
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9786610940486
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0-8213-7012-X
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Human development
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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Appendix II Summary of LiteratureAppendix III Source of Data for Cross-Country Comparisons; Appendix IV Kernel Density Plots; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7011-1
Language:
English
