Zum 01. Januar 2015 wird in Deutschland flächendeckend ein gesetzlicher Mindestlohn in Höhe von 8,50 Euro brutto pro … Stunde eingeführt. In der Landwirtschaft verdienen vergleichsweise viele Beschäftigte weniger als den Mindestlohn, so dass … Landwirtschaft) für Mindestlohnstudien in Frage, sie erlauben jedoch keine genaue Identifikation der vom Mindestlohn betroffenen …

poverty rate in New Zealand. Although minimum wage workers are more likely to live in the poorest households, they are … poverty rate by less than one-tenth of a percentage point. …

The analysis presented in this paper considers the impact on poverty rates of the Labour government’s tax and benefit … NMW to direct poverty reduction and to “making work pay”. It concludes that the main contribution made by the NMW to … poverty reduction at the household level is probably through its role in underpinning the operation of in-work top-up benefits. …

market regulations such as minimum wage legislation because they constrain job creation and hence increase poverty. On the … poverty. We take advantage of a complex minimum wage system in a poor country that has been exposed to the forces of … globalization to test whether minimum wages are an effective poverty reduction tool in this environment. We find that minimum wage …

bottom of the income ladder, although those in deep poverty benefit less. Income-redistribution exercises performed show that … removing UBs would be detrimental to the position of persons at the bottom of the income scale, resulting in a higher poverty … their income position and reduce the poverty rate. The authors also looked at whether persons eligible for UA (the main …