Minimum wage - Matches

A PIDS study finds that a higher and more rapid increase of the legal minimum wage leads to reduced working hours, lower employment rate, reduced hous..

It is a common belief that government should set legal minimum wages (LMW) to a level that would enable workers and their families to live decent live..

Can success -- or at least a materially comfortable life -- be predicted? Yes, if the Brookings Institution is to be believed: get at least a high sch..

Dr. Aniceto Orbeta and Dr. Vicente Paqueo, co-authors of the book "Unintended Consequences: The Folly of Uncritical Thinking", explain the impact of l..

The government needs rigorous analysis in formulating and implementing its policies, programs, and projects to prevent negative consequences.This was ..

Before there was Francis Magalona, there was his grandfather, Enrique Magalona, assemblyman for Negros Occidental. In 1936, he wrote a letter to the p..

This is a book on the law of unintended consequences dedicated to students, thinkers, dreamers, or the ordinary pilosopo who are encouraged to discove..

A recent achievement of the country has not been given the consideration it deserves. This pertains to the increase in average real wages, which was a..

HIGHER across-the-board wages run the risk of limiting the employment prospects of less experienced workers and women, according to a paper published ..

Increasing the legal minimum wages (LMWs) is seen as more detrimental to the welfare of workers particularly the young and inexperienced, less educate..

It is commonly believed that mandating higher legal minimum wages (LMWs) is needed to help the poor earn a level of income that would allow them healt..

The minimum wage is a classic example of a price floor, the lowest price set by law with which to pay a commodity. The idea is to prevent wages from g..

This issue of the Development Research News mainly features the observance of the 12th Development Policy Research Month which the Institute spearhead..

The Philippines is at a crossroad. It can choose to continue to follow current unrealistic policies that despite good intentions have been shown to be..

This Policy Note presents the results of a study that explores the effects of labor policies on the industry. In particular, it examines the minimum ..