"Minimum wages are generally thought to be unenforceable in developing rural economies. But there is one solution - a …? Using a microeconometric model of the casual labor market in rural India, the authors find that a guaranteed wage rate …

"The authors provide new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and wage inequality in developing countries … wages and wage inequality. After setting up unusual historical data sets of trends in tariffs, trends in wages, and trends …) has reduced wages, and (2) has increased wage inequality. "--World Bank web site …

firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net … from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA …

firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net … from the National Survey of Employment, Wages, Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National Industrial Survey (EIA …

For the past six years, the State of Andhra Pradesh in India has been at the vanguard of efforts to modernize the … are daunting. Andhra Pradesh (AP) is one of the largest and poorest states in India. Its population of almost 80 million …

identified only a few rigorous studies of the impact of minimum wages on important welfare outcomes in ASEAN countries, and some … of minimum wage policy as a tool for addressing various socioeconomic issues. It assumes minimum wages will remain in …