What impact does minimum wage legislation have on wages and employment opportunities in an informal sector in a developing country? The paper answers this question in the context of minimum wage legislation for domestic workers in India over the period of 2004–2012. Combining, matching...

We analyze the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and...

Este documento ilustra la situación de especial vulnerabilidad que atraviesan las trabajadoras domésticas en América Latina y el Caribe, poniendo en relieve los impactos de la actual crisis provocada por el COVID-19. A su vez, describe las medidas impulsadas por los actores sociales e...