Minimum Wages in Developing Countries : Helping or Hurting Workers?

This 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 segmen...

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Main Authors:	Terrell, Katherine, Almeida, Rita K.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AVERAGE WAGE COMPETITIVE MODEL DISPLACED WORKERS DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME EARNING EARNINGS EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT POLICY FIRING COSTS FIRM SIZE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL SECTOR JOB SECURITY JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITIES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAW LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR UNIONS LABOUR LABOUR OFFICE LARGE FIRM LARGE FIRMS MARKET WAGE MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES OCCUPATION PAID WORKERS PRESENT EVIDENCE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PROBABILITY SAFETY SAFETY NETS SALARIED WORKER SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVANTS SOCIAL PROTECTION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EFFECT WAGE EFFECTS WAGE GAIN WAGE INCREASE WAGE INCREASES WAGE STRUCTURE WORK FORCE WORKERS WORTH
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