The Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment in a Low-Income Country : An Evaluation Using the Difference-in-Differences Approach

The Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment in a Low-Income Country : An Evaluation Using the Difference-in-Differences Approach

Unlike the well-developed literature on the employment impact of the minimum wage in industrial nations, very little is known about minimum wage effects in low income countries. Minimum wages increased sharply in Indonesia between 1990 and 1996 and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alatas, Vivi, Cameron, Lisa
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
MINIMUM WAGES
MINIMUM WAGE LAWS
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
LOW INCOME
LOW INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CLOTHING INDUSTRY
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
SHOE INDUSTRY
LEATHER INDUSTRY
HOUSEHOLD DATA
LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
COMPLIANCE
FIRM SIZE
INFORMAL SECTOR AGED
CITIES
COST OF LIVING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPLOITATION
FACTORIES
HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS
INCOME
INFLATION
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LAWS
LEGISLATION
MANAGERS
METROPOLITAN AREAS
MINIMUM WAGE
OIL
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
RENTAL PROPERTY
SANCTIONS
THEORETICAL MODELS
UNEMPLOYMENT
WORKERS
INFORMAL SECTOR
AGED
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166850/impact-minimum-wages-employment-low-income-country-evaluation-using-difference-differences-approach
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18313

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166850/impact-minimum-wages-employment-low-income-country-evaluation-using-difference-differences-approach
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18313

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