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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.
Worldwide Minimum Wages. Wikipedia
From the on-line encyclopedia, a table of the minimum wages in
more than 60 other 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.
List of Minimum Wages in Canada. Wikipedia
All 13 provinces and territories set their own minimum wages. 2009
Twelve EU countries increase minimum wages. just4business.eu
A brief summary of recent changes. February 2008
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
Chinese minimum wage 'among lowest in the world.' Thomsons
A report ranks China's minimum wage 158th. March 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
Despite minimum wage changes, the garment factories where
1.8 million Bangladeshis work have been sites of protests. 2007-2008
As oil-rich Gulf states import domestic workers and construction workers from south Asian countries, the
sending countries have set an unusual precedent by establishing minimum wages for their workers abroad. Meanwhile
the mid-east nations themselves wrestle with the question of whether to set wage minimums for the first time. 2007-2008
With U.S. support, lawmakers vote to double the minimum wage to $3.75
per day. August 2009
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.
Canadian Social Research Links
Links to a wide variety of sources about the minimum wage in the Canadian provinces.
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