The intriguing relation between adult minimum wage and child labour /

The intriguing relation between adult minimum wage and child labour /

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Author / Creator:	Basu, Kaushik.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : World Bank, Office of the Senior Vice President, Development Economics, [1999]
Description:	17, 3 p. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Policy research working paper ; 2173 Policy research working papers ; 2173.
Subject:	Minimum wage. Labor laws and legislation. Child labor. Unemployment. Child labor. Labor laws and legislation. Minimum wage. Unemployment.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3965620

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Other authors / contributors:	World Bank. Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Development Economics.
Notes:	"August 1999"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-17). Also available on the World Wide Web.
Summary:	Raising adult wages through a minimum wage law can in some circumstances have the paradoxical effect of increasing the amount of child labor. In other words, using minimum wage legislation as a form of international labor standard can exacerbate problems of child labor.

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