Can minimum wages help to reduce labour market inequality? : experiences in India and Brazil; project paper H (c)

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2015-06

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Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, IN

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The proportion of women workers receiving less than minimum wages is much higher than that of men in India, though there is little difference in Brazil. In India, among social groups, Scheduled Tribes are particularly disadvantaged. In Brazil white workers are less likely than non-whites to fall below the minimum wage. Minimum wage policy seeks to establish wage floors in order to protect vulnerable workers from exploitation and to establish norms to help ensure equal pay for equal work. It may also act as a macroeconomic policy tool because of their impact on aggregate demand.

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MINIMUM WAGE, WAGE DETERMINATION, SOCIAL GROUPS, INCOME DISPARITY

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/55289

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