Minimum Wages and Social Policy: Lessons from Developing Countries (Directions in Development)
β Scribed by Wendy Cunningham
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 154
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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.
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