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050	0	0	_aHD4920.L38 _bC86 2007
100	1		_aCunningham, Wendy V.
245	1	0	_aMinimum wages and social policy : _h[electronic resource] _blessons from developing countries / _cWendy V. Cunningham.
260			_aWashington, DC : _bWorld Bank, _cc2007.
300			_axvi, 132 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aDirections in development. Human development
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 79-85) and index.
505	0		_aOverview -- Introduction -- Report findings -- Issues for policy discussion -- Note -- Context and framework -- The historical and social justice perspective--birth and evolution of the minimum wage -- Theoretical underpinnings--the classical economic view -- Two-sector economies--models with a "covered" and "uncovered" sector -- Empirical evidence from the OECD countries -- The Latin American research -- Notes -- Minimum wage institutions in LAC: what are they and who earns them? -- What is a minimum wage? -- There is no common "minimum wage system" for LAC -- Who earns the minimum wage? -- How high is the minimum wage in LAC? -- Notes -- The worker: how do minimum wages affect other wages and employment? -- Minimum wages are somewhat binding -- Minimum wage policies increase wages throughout the wage distribution -- The level of the minimum wage determines whether it increases or decreases wage inequality -- Wage benefits are not concentrated on any particular group of workers -- Minimum wages increase unemployment -- Subnational minimum wages are standard practice -- Notes -- The households: the minimum wage as an antipoverty tool -- The value of the minimum wage is below the household subsistence level -- The minimum wage decreases poverty rates, but does not help the most poor -- High minimum wages increase household income inequality -- Notes -- The state: the minimum wage implications for public expenditures -- The minimum wage may have large impacts on the public sector wage bill -- An increase in the minimum wage can have substantial impacts on the cost of social benefits -- Notes -- The international community: lessons from their experiences -- Setting and managing minimum wages -- Enforcement -- Note -- Report conclusions and policy considerations -- Report conclusions -- Considerations for policy debates -- Note -- References -- Appendix I: Research methodologies -- Notes -- Appendix II: Summary of literature-- Appendix III: Source of data for cross-country comparisons -- Appendix IV: Kernel density plots -- Index.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aMinimum wage _zLatin America.
651		0	_aLatin America _xSocial policy.
776	0	8	_aPrint Version: _z9780821370117
830		0	_aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)
830		0	_aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.). _pHuman development.
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library.
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7011-7
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