Minimum wages and social policy : (Record no. 46546)
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| control field | 20180603214134.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 070129t2007 waua b i001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780821370117 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0821370111 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 082137012X (electronic) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780821370124 (electronic) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | BD-DhIDS |
| Transcribing agency | BD-DhIDS |
| Modifying agency | BD-DhIDS |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | Eng |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | cl----- |
| 086 ## - BIDS CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | UN WB DD Min |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cunningham, Wendy V. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Minimum wages and social policy : |
| Remainder of title | lessons from developing countries / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Wendy V. Cunningham |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Washington, DC : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | World Bank (WB) , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvi, 132p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Directions in development. Human development |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-85) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Overview -- 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. |
| 650 04 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Minimum wage |
| Geographic subdivision | Latin America |
| 651 04 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Latin America |
| General subdivision | Social policy |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) |
| Name of part/section of a work | Human development |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Table of contents only |
| Full Text | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003319.html |
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