This chapter surveys the literature on the impact of minimum wages on low-wage labor
markets. We describe and critically review the empirical methods in the new minimum wage …

Epidemic shocks have brought the issue of household economic vulnerability to the fore.
Furthermore, an urgent need to establish a long-term mechanism to particularly help low …

The reduction of income inequality is important for poverty alleviation. We manually collect
the data of the local minimum wage standard of the 254 prefectural cities of 31 provinces in …

Definition The effect of minimum wages on employment is a mature, continuously
researched topic. This study discusses the core theoretical approaches on the relationship …

Based on a production function perspective, this study constructs a manufacturing firm and
city-level data set to investigate the role of minimum wage increases in firm pollution …

The driver shortage is a perennial problem in the trucking industry. The review of literature
reveals currently there is a lack of holistic approach to address driver shortage problem. This …

This paper presents strong evidence that minimum wage increases lead to a greater
prevalence of subminimum wage payment. Using the Current Population Survey, we …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the social impacts on various
stakeholders—consumers, workers, value chain actors, local community, and society—who …

Labour law in India consisted of various legislations, most of whose underlying objectives
were furthering social welfare and security. India's labour laws saw a supposed revolution in …

We ask whether the presence of contract workers influences the sensitivity of firm output to
monetary policy shocks. We use a judgment of the Supreme Court of India that facilitated the …