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Minimum wages and employment: literature review and background on minimum wages in Botswana

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  • Magdeline Sesinyi

    (Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis)

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Gives a brief literature review on minimum wages and their possible effects on employment, with particular focus on the likely effects of minimum wage introduction on the two excluded sectors, namely the Domestic and Agricultural Sectors. It briefly outlines research results on minimum wages from past studies, highlighting their main recommendations. The paper concludes that minimum wage increases results in trade-off, and no matter how well intended come with a price in the form of lost jobs for some and increased benefits for others.

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  • Magdeline Sesinyi, 1998. "Minimum wages and employment: literature review and background on minimum wages in Botswana," Working Papers 16, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis.
    • Handle: RePEc:bid:wpaper:16
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    1. Stephen Devereux, 2005. "Can minimum wages contribute to poverty reduction in poor countries?," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(7), pages 899-912.

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