This paper reviews the findings of more than 150 studies on the impacts of four types of
labor market institutions: minimum wages, employment protection regulation, unions and …

Labor market regulation is a high-profile, and often contentious, area of public policy.
Although these regulations have been studied most extensively in developed countries …

The paper provides a survey of commercial agriculture in S outh A frica since 1994. It
emphasizes, first, how effectively 'organized agriculture'positioned itself for the new …

Using both qualitative and quantitative (meta-analysis) methods, this paper reviews the
growing evidence on the impact of minimum wages on employment in 14 major emerging …

The fraction of workers currently covered by minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is
small, but as formality and urbanization increase, wage regulation will become increasingly …

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa.
Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail …

Africa's rural population continues to expand rapidly, and labor productivity in agriculture
and many rural-off farm activities remains low. This review uses the lens of a dual economy …

The very high level of informal labour in Colombia is a symptom of the labour market is not
functioning properly. Moreover, this undesirable outcome is highly heterogeneous across …

Evidence from studies of the employment effects of minimum wages in developing countries
is mixed. One interpretation is that there is simply no clear evidence of disemployment …

Over the past quarter-century China has seen a dramatic increase in income inequality,
prompting a shift in China's development strategy and the adoption of an array of new …