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03570cam a22003614a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780821370117 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
0821370111 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
082137012X (electronic) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780821370124 (electronic) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
331.23 |
| Item number |
CUN 2007 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cunningham, Wendy V. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Minimum wages and social policy : |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Washington, DC : |
| Name of publisher |
World Bank, |
| Year of publication |
2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xvi, 132 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Directions in development. Human development |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| 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 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Minimum wage |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Asgari ücret |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003319.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Kitap |
