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The Government of India is leveraging wage policy as a part of overall fiscal policy actions to protect the income of … the level of both statutory minimum wages and MGNREGS wages are very low in India, and several implementation bottlenecks …
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Minimum wage policy supported by a strong social policy is an efficient mechanism against poverty and income erosion of the poorest households. Minimum wage is one of the instruments which can control wage dispersion and in this way reduce income inequality. It can also help to prevent a general...
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The recent enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been widely hailed a policy that …
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This study examines how employment and wages for men and women respond to changes in the minimum wage in India, a … of India's National Sample Survey Organization employment survey data for the period 1983–2008 merged with a newly …
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In India, there is a debate about the possible extension of minimum wages to all wage-earners. Our paper provides some …
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developing country? The paper answers this question in the context of minimum wage legislation for domestic workers in India over … predictions, point towards weak enforcement of the legislation as the potential driving factor of observed results. As India …
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India over the period of 2004-2012. Combining matching procedures with difference-in-difference, the paper estimates both …
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