minimum standard of living for India's poor seems to be under threat. The sudden exogenous shock of COVID-19 to the incomes of … the poor has made the case of a minimum income guarantee (MIG) for the poor more urgent. Rather than adopting a quasi …

In this article, we examine structural changes in minimum wage and low wage labor following the introduction and first … increase of the German minimum wage. Changes in the impact that workers face earning gross hourly wages below the minimum …-level determinants affect minimum- and low-wage workers. Using descriptive analysis, we first summarize the changing pattern in jobs …

This paper studies the employment and reallocation effects of minimum wages in Germany in a search-and-matching model … worker and firm heterogeneity. I find that minimum wages up to 70% of the median wage significantly increase productivity … the minimum wage cuts deep into the wage distribution. I show that gradually implementing a high minimum wage is necessary …

In this chapter reviews the literature and inform policy debates about the effects of minimum wages (MW) on income …

Increases in minimum wages in many developed and developing economies in recent years raise the question of whether and … how they impact employment. We analyze the employment effects of minimum wage increases for different age groups of … with regions simultaneously experiencing both negative and positive employment effects of minimum wage changes for …

In this study, we examine the impact of minimum wages in Vietnam using individual-level data from the 2012-2020 annual … Labor Force Surveys. During this period, the average real minimum wage increased by around 4% per year. Overall, we do not … find significant effects from minimum wages on employment and monthly wages. However, we find a considerable negative …