Is minimum wage an effective tool to promote decent work and reduce poverty?: the experience of selected developing countries

Catherine Saget

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Is minimum wage an effective tool to promote decent work and reduce poverty?: the experience of selected developing countries

Catherine Saget

Employment paper (International Labour Organization. Employment Sector), 2000/13, ILO

2001

Abstract

employment

poverty

minimum wage

informal economy

statistical table

developing countries

Economic Theory

Reviews studies on the effects of minimum wage legislation on the level of employment and poverty and analyses developments in minimum wages in developing countries during the 1980s and 1990s. Tests the response of employment and poverty to changes in the minimum wage using ILO time series data for more than 20 countries during the early 1990s.

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Title: Is minimum wage an effective tool to promote decent work and reduce poverty?; the experience of selected developing countries
Creators: Catherine Saget
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Employment Sector
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2001
Series: Employment paper (International Labour Organization. Employment Sector); 2000/13
Number of pages: 34 p. :
ISSN: 1020-5322
Language: English
Asset Type: research paper
Record Identifier: 995326784302676