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Minimum Wages and Wage Inequality in the OECD Countries
This paper investigates the impact of the effective minimum wage, defined as the log difference between the minimum and the median wages, on wage inequalities in the OECD countries.
Dong-Hee Joe, Seongman Moon
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This paper investigates the extent to which people spend careers on minimum wage jobs. We find that a small but non-trivial number of NLSY respondents spend 25%, 50%, or even 75% of the first ten years of their career on minimum or near-minimum wage jobs.
Bruce Fallick, William J. Carrington
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The Czech Wage Distribution and the Minimum Wage Impacts: the Empirical Analysis [PDF]
A well-fi tting wage distribution is a crucial precondition for economic modeling of the labour market processes.In the fi rst part, this paper provides the evidence that – as for wages in the Czech Republic – the most oft enused log-normal distribution ...
Kateřina Duspivová, Martin Matějka
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This research is based on the application of wages below the minimum wage for businesses that meet the criteria for micro and small businesses. As it is known that the provisions of the district and city minimum wages are a form of safety net for the ...
Arif Prasetiyo, Siti Hajati Hoesin
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This article illustrates that what is legal may not necessarily be moral for the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in the Philippines. Using sociological and theological perspectives and secondary data to compare the minimum wage and the family living wage of ...
Vivencio O. Ballano
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Already compliant? Germany’s (non-)implementation of the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive
This article analyses Germany’s (non-)implementation of the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive (AMWD) in light of the government’s claim that existing laws are already compliant.
Matthias Schmid
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Minimum wage and minimum wages in Russia
The author studies recent changes in the minimum wage policy in Russia. The year 2018 has become a turning point in the history of the minimum wage in Russia. The "bite" of the minimum wage has increased significantly making it binding for a large portion of workers.
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ASPECTS REGARDING THE MINIMUM WAGE [PDF]
The right to a minimum standard of living is recognized as a fundamental right by all international human rights institutions. As far as the right to work is concerned, the decent living standard can only be fulfilled if there is a remuneration to ensure
ALINA NIȚESCU
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The Behavioral Effects of Minimum Wages [PDF]
The prevailing labor market models assume that minimum wages do not affect the labor supply schedule. We challenge this view in this paper by showing experimentally that minimum wages have significant and lasting effects on subjects’ reservation wages.
Falk, Armin +2 more
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In the view of these authors, the minimum-wage law is practically the best thing that has ever been invented, at least since sliced bread. They maintain that this legislation has led to greater, not less, employment, particularly for low-skilled workers,
Walter Block
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