Minimum wages and social policy [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from developing countries / / Wendy V. Cunningham

• Autore: Cunningham Wendy V
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.2309729
• Soggetto topico: Minimum wage - Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Social policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; Appendix II Summary of LiteratureAppendix III Source of Data for Cross-Country Comparisons; Appendix IV Kernel Density Plots; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Minimum wages and social policy
• ISBN: 1-280-94048-4; 9786610940486; 0-8213-7012-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451661003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). . -Human development.