Assessing the impact of statutory minimum wages in developing countries
International Labour Office
Assessing the impact of statutory minimum wages in developing countries - Geneva International Labour Office 1988 - 160p
Research which evaluates the impact of past statutory minimum wage decisions ought to constitute an integral component of a well-administered minimum wage programme. However, such studies have rarely been conducted in developing countries. Systematic efforts to assess the effects of mandatory minimum wages can clarify issues, improve understanding of the probable magnitude of socio-economic repercussions and disprove the more extreme assertions on possible consequences. In the present publication the impact of the statutory minimum wage is assessed in four developing countries: Botswana, Brazil, Mexico and Sri Lanka. The four coumtrv studies illustrate quite different approaches to evaluation and interpretation. While the approaches employed may not be totally applicable to other countries, the ILO trusts that they will provide administrators of minimum wage programmes with some useful deals for the evaluation of their own programmes.
922106204X
Minimum wages developing countries
331.23 INT
Assessing the impact of statutory minimum wages in developing countries - Geneva International Labour Office 1988 - 160p
Research which evaluates the impact of past statutory minimum wage decisions ought to constitute an integral component of a well-administered minimum wage programme. However, such studies have rarely been conducted in developing countries. Systematic efforts to assess the effects of mandatory minimum wages can clarify issues, improve understanding of the probable magnitude of socio-economic repercussions and disprove the more extreme assertions on possible consequences. In the present publication the impact of the statutory minimum wage is assessed in four developing countries: Botswana, Brazil, Mexico and Sri Lanka. The four coumtrv studies illustrate quite different approaches to evaluation and interpretation. While the approaches employed may not be totally applicable to other countries, the ILO trusts that they will provide administrators of minimum wage programmes with some useful deals for the evaluation of their own programmes.
922106204X
Minimum wages developing countries
331.23 INT