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Minimum Wages in Developing Countries : Helping or Hurting Workers?

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dc.contributor.authorTerrell, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Rita K.
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T15:53:41Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T15:53:41Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.description.abstractThis policy note reviews the literature on the effects of minimum wages on labor markets in developing countries. The authors begin by elucidating the challenges to ascertaining these effects, especially in developing economies where a large segment of the workforce is not covered by minimum wage legislation (uncovered sector). After summarizing the theoretical models and their predictions, the authors review the empirical evidence of the impact of minimum wage legislation on wages, employment, and unemployment in the covered and uncovered sectors of the labor market. The evidence strongly suggests that an increase in the minimum wage tends to have a positive wage effect and a small negative employment effect among workers covered by minimum wage legislation and that the effects tend to be stronger among low-wage workers. The findings are quite limited and fairly inconclusive on the indirect effects of increases in minimum wages on workers in the uncovered sectors, where the legislation either does not apply or is not complied with.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10158898/minimum-wages-developing-countries-helping-or-hurting-workers
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/11742
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11742
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Employment Policy Primer; No. 10
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE MODEL
dc.subjectDISPLACED WORKERS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
dc.subjectEARNING
dc.subjectEARNINGS
dc.subjectEARNINGS DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT EFFECT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT POLICY
dc.subjectFIRING COSTS
dc.subjectFIRM SIZE
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectJOB SECURITY
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR COSTS
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND ELASTICITIES
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR LAW
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR RELATIONS
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLABOR UNIONS
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOUR OFFICE
dc.subjectLARGE FIRM
dc.subjectLARGE FIRMS
dc.subjectMARKET WAGE
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGE
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGES
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectPAID WORKERS
dc.subjectPRESENT EVIDENCE
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSALARIED WORKER
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSERVANTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subjectWAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECT
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECTS
dc.subjectWAGE GAIN
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASE
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectWAGE STRUCTURE
dc.subjectWORK FORCE
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORTH
dc.titleMinimum Wages in Developing Countries : Helping or Hurting Workers?en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:34:48.616362Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10158898/minimum-wages-developing-countries-helping-or-hurting-workers
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333038_20090109002113
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum10158898
okr.identifier.report47071
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Income
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicWages
okr.topicCompensation and Benefits
okr.unitSocial Protection Team (HDNSP)
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