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The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings …% increase in minimum wages lowers employment in the covered sector by 1.09% and decreases the average number of hours worked of … largest impact on the wages and employment of covered sector workers is in the lower half of the distribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261907
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Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper contributes to our understanding of the impact of institutions on incomes of workers in developing countries by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages can change the inequality of the distribution of earnings. More specifically, we analyze whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261908
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Single mothers and poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H.; Oviedo, Luis - 2008
Despite increasing average real family incomes in Costa Rica in the late 1990s and early 2000s, poverty rates did not fall. In this paper, we argue that during this period economic growth in Costa Rica did not translate into reduced poverty because of changes in family structure and in the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268845
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The impact of minimum wages on wages, work and poverty in Nicaragua
Alaniz, Enrique; Gindling, T. H.; Terrell, Katherine - 2011
market outcomes in Nicaragua including: a) wages and employment, b) transitions of workers across jobs (in the covered and … uncovered sectors) and employment status (unemployment and out of the labor force), and c) transitions into and out of poverty … and decreases in employment of private covered sector workers who have wages within 20% of the minimum wage before the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278339
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Labour Market Outcomes for Cancer Survivors: A Review of the Reviews
Sharipova, Adelina; Baert, Stijn - 2019
Objectives: To synthesise the existing reviews conducted on the labour market outcomes of cancer survivors by focusing on (i) the convergences and divergences on the overall work-related outcomes, (ii) the moderating factors studied to date, and (iii) an identification of areas where more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180049
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How Do We Think the COVID-19 Crisis Will Affect Our Careers (If Any Remain)?
Baert, Stijn; Lippens, Louis; Moens, Eline; Sterkens, … - 2020
This study is the first in the world to investigate the expected impact of the COVID-19 crisis on career outcomes and career aspirations. To this end, high-quality survey research with a relevant panel of Belgian employees was conducted. About 21% of them fear losing their jobs due to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207845
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The Iceberg Decomposition: A Parsimonious Way to Map the Health of Labour Markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270190
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Mens Sana in Corpore Sano! The Hiring Premium for Physical versus Mental Exercise in Different Occupations
Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2023
We investigate the impact of participation in physical and mental exercise activities on hirability. Besides by comparing both forms of exercising, we innovate against the existing literature by comparing their impact between different types of jobs, where other effects could be expected. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469818
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The Consequences of Increased Enforcement of Legal Minimum Wages in a Developing Country: An Evaluation of the Impact of the Campaña Nacional de Salarios Mínimos in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H.; Mossaad, Nadwa; Trejos, Juan Diego - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
-educated workers. We find no evidence that the Campaign had a negative impact on the employment of full-time workers whose wages were … increased. We find some weak evidence that the Campaign had a negative impact on the employment of part-time private sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959624
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Single Mothers and Poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H.; Oviedo, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Despite increasing average real family incomes in Costa Rica in the late 1990s and early 2000s, poverty rates did not fall. In this paper, we argue that during this period economic growth in Costa Rica did not translate into reduced poverty because of changes in family structure and in the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822543