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070129s2007 dcua b i001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2007003319 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780821370117 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0821370111 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
082137012X (electronic) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780821370124 (electronic) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)81150276 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
BAKER |
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BTCTA |
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C#P |
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YDXCP |
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BD-DhBPA |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
331.23098 |
| Item number |
WOM 2007 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cunningham, Wendy V. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
29799 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Minimum wages and social policy : |
| Remainder of title |
lessons from developing countries / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Wendy V. Cunningham. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Washington, DC : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
World Bank, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 132 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Directions in development. Human development |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-85) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Overview -- Introduction -- Report findings -- Issues for policy discussion -- Note -- Context and framework -- The historical and social justice perspective--birth and evolution of the minimum wage -- Theoretical underpinnings--the classical economic view -- Two-sector economies--models with a "covered" and "uncovered" sector -- Empirical evidence from the OECD countries -- The Latin American research -- Notes -- Minimum wage institutions in LAC: what are they and who earns them? -- What is a minimum wage? -- There is no common "minimum wage system" for LAC -- Who earns the minimum wage? -- How high is the minimum wage in LAC? -- Notes -- The worker: how do minimum wages affect other wages and employment? -- Minimum wages are somewhat binding -- Minimum wage policies increase wages throughout the wage distribution -- The level of the minimum wage determines whether it increases or decreases wage inequality -- Wage benefits are not concentrated on any particular group of workers -- Minimum wages increase unemployment -- Subnational minimum wages are standard practice -- Notes -- The households: the minimum wage as an antipoverty tool -- The value of the minimum wage is below the household subsistence level -- The minimum wage decreases poverty rates, but does not help the most poor -- High minimum wages increase household income inequality -- Notes -- The state: the minimum wage implications for public expenditures -- The minimum wage may have large impacts on the public sector wage bill -- An increase in the minimum wage can have substantial impacts on the cost of social benefits -- Notes -- The international community: lessons from their experiences -- Setting and managing minimum wages -- Enforcement -- Note -- Report conclusions and policy considerations -- Report conclusions -- Considerations for policy debates -- Note -- References -- Appendix I: Research methodologies -- Notes -- Appendix II: Summary of literature-- Appendix III: Source of data for cross-country comparisons -- Appendix IV: Kernel density plots -- Index. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Minimum wage |
| Geographic subdivision |
Latin America. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
29800 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Latin America |
| General subdivision |
Social policy. |
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29801 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10877 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). |
| Name of part/section of a work |
Human development. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
10877 |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents only |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003319.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003319.html</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |