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assessing its potential effects on the labor market outcomes, as well in terms of poverty alleviation and fiscal impact. First …
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employing rather restrictive assumptions that guarantee the conclusion that an increase in the minimum wage reduces poverty. In … contemporaneous changes in poverty rates. For the period 1983-96, we find indication of a poverty-reducing effect of minimum wages …
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This paper assesses the validity of the perception-based governance indicators used by the US Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) for aid allocation decisions. By conducting Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of data from 1996 to 2009, we find that although the MCA purports to measure...
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A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
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