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Minimum Wages Around The World. CNN.com
News video on minimum wages in Greece, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,
and India. July 2010
Worldwide Minimum Wages. Wikipedia
The minimum wages in more than 60 countries.
Minimum Wage Database
A global database maintained by the International Labour Office, based
in Switzerland. The search process takes getting used to but yields loads of information on the wage-setting
procedures and other legalities, as well as minimum wage levels, for most countries.
The Minimum Wage in England: The Low Pay Commission Web site
The Low Pay Commission is Great Britain's official advisory group for the national minimum
wage, in place since 1999. In addition to information on the regular increases in the wage and on Britain's youth
wages, the site includes research studies on a wide range of minimum wage issues.
List of Minimum Wages in Canada. Wikipedia
All 13 provinces and territories set their own minimum wages. 2009
Canadian Social Research Links
Links to an extensive range of sources about the minimum wage in the Canadian provinces and elsewhere.
Twelve EU countries increase minimum wages. just4business.eu
A brief summary of recent changes. February 2008
Great Britain, unlike the U.S., sets separate minimum wages for two
age groups of young people. Now it adds a third minimum for young apprentices learning trades and possibly
for interns as well. June 2010
Germany set to extend minimum wage. FT.com
Germany, with only industry-negotiated minimum wages until recently,
sees the government extend them to six new sectors. January 2009
Exploitation of migrant farm workers in Britain still rife. The Sofia Echo
Eastern Europeans in England on work visas paid half the minimum wage. July 2009
We need a minimum wage in Singapore. Sgpolitics.net
The full economic and moral debate in the context of a thriving city-state.
August 2009
Sourcing: Caution is key when buying from Bangladesh. just-style.com
An apparel-industry article on the Bangladesh garment industry, its
$11-$24 per month minimum wage, and the U.S. and European retailers who buy there. June 24
Asia Wage Floor Campaign
An initiaitive to set a minimum wage for garment workers across Asia.
Human Rights Watch
Enter "minimum wage" in the HRW search box for their coverage of minimum
wage issues in other nations.
China wage hikes boost costs but might help sales. Associated Press
China's minimum wage increases and their consequences. June 2010
Apple Reports Child Labor Was Used to Build iPhones, iPods. DailyFinance.com
Among the violations uncovered by Apple itself, sub-minimum wage were found at half of the facilities audited.
March 2010
As oil-rich Gulf states import domestic workers and construction workers from south Asian countries, the
sending countries have sought minimum wages for their workers abroad, with mixed results. Meanwhile some mid-east
nations themselves are wrestling with whether, and how, to set wage minimums for the first time. 2007-2010
Differential minimum wages in Colombia. RGE Monitor
Colombia's proposal for different minimum wage increases in different
sectors of the economy, and an analysis of the difficulties in the measuring of inflation and productivity changes by
sector that such a change would require. November 2007
The Effect of the Minimum Wage in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Brazil. Sara Lemos
A 2004 study of the minimum wage's effects on Brazilian workers
in both conventional jobs and casual employment.
The Intriguing Relation between Adult Minimum Wage and Child Labour. Kaushik Basu
A 2000 paper that explores the degree to which an increase in the adult minimum wage in a developing
country will lead to an increase in child labor (as a result of greater employment or a rise in real wages) or to a decrease
(as a result of unemployment).
The Consequences of Doubling the Minimum Wage: The Case of Indonesia. Martin Rama
In the early 1990s, the minimum wage in Indonesia doubled.
This abstract summarizes the employment effects of the change.
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