10 percent increase in average wages, a 2 percent decrease in wage employment, and a 5 percent decrease in investment …. The author evaluates the effects of this hike on wage earnings, wage employment, and investment. After describing … Indonesia's minimum wage policy and surveying the literature on the effects of minimum wages, the author applies relatively …

possibly establishing a system of unemployment benefits. … regulations in Indonesia, and the extent to which changes in severance pay regulations could affect employment rigidity … only collect 40 percent of the payment due to them. Eligible female and low-wage workers are least likely to report …

and Caribbean (LAC) countries to gain an understanding of if and how minimum wages affect wage distributions in LAC … wages affect the wage distribution in both the formal and, especially, the informal sector, both at the minimum wage and at … relatively low compared to mean wages, the minimum wage affects the more disadvantaged segments of the labor force, namely …

Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized … educated, unemployed youth to apply for jobs of varying levels of prestige. Youth applied to only a small proportion of the job … important factor underlying the unemployment of educated Jordanian youth. …

current landscape of employment and private sector activity in developing countries indicates a number of potential channels … to shed light on which investment climate reforms matter most for spurring the employment and productivity growth of …

jobs created by FDI are good jobs, both from the worker's and the country's perspective. From the worker's perspective …, this is because such jobs are likely to pay higher wages than jobs in domestic firms, at least in developing countries, and …

information on all registered private enterprises, including self-employment. In spite of stable growth of gross domestic product … toward small firms, because of stagnation of incumbents and entrants starting small, typically as one-person firms (self-employment …

worker categories. However, the increase in wages is higher for males than for females, because business services use males …This study analyzes the impact on male and female wages of tariff reform and the reduction of regulatory barriers faced … set that distinguishes labor and wages by gender for 52 sectors and four skill categories. The model is the first to …