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 …

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 …

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to
democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced …

Youth in many low-income countries are entering the labor force in unprecedented numbers,
yet many struggle to secure rewarding livelihoods. This paper outlines the economic …

Assessments of the impact of minimum wages on labor market outcomes in Africa are
relatively rare. In part this is because the available data do not permit adequate treatment of …

This paper studies the effects of minimum wages on informal and formal sector wages and
employment in Indonesia between 1997 and 2007. Applying fixed-effects methods, the …

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 …

Objectives. To examine the association between wage-setting policy and food insecurity.
Methods. We estimated multilevel regression models, using data from the Gallup World Poll …

Raising the minimum wage reduces poverty in most developing countries. But the impact is
modest because the minimum wage applies to only a minority of poor workers; in particular …

Despite having a middle-income status, many South African households are either already
in or are about to fall into poverty. The income and wealth distribution in South Africa is …