Essays about: "Minimum wage"

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1. 16. Wealth Inequality : Analysis based on 21 EU countries

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Mengying Man; Meixuan Ren; [2019]
   Keywords : Wealth Inequality; Gini Index; Housing Price Index; Minimum Wage; Inflation Rate;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how wealth inequality alters when macroeconomic factors such as housing price index, inflation rate, and minimum wage change. In the theoretical part, the potential connection between some macroeconomic factors and wealth inequality is described through the link of the Lorenz Curve and Pareto distribution. READ MORE

3. 17. Minimum Wages and Poverty in India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Viktor Lindelöw; [2019]
   Keywords : Minimum Wage; Poverty; India; Labour Market; Monopsony; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : A minimum wage policy has often been implemented to get workers out of poverty. However, the policy’s impact has been questioned, both theoretically and empirically, whether it fulfils its purpose. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of minimum wage on poverty in India. READ MORE

4. 18. Industrial Actions and the European Union - A study on how the European legal order has affected the right to undertake industrial actions for Swedish trade unions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Erik Karlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Industrial actions; fundamental freedoms; fundamental rights; proportionality; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis has the aim of investigating how EU-law has affected the legal position regarding Swedish trade union’s possibilities of undertaking industrial actions. It also aims at determining whether the influence of EU-law on the right to undertake industrial actions has had any effects on the Swedish model. READ MORE

5. 19. The impact of minimum wages on the incentives of education for the youth

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Heba Kurdi; [2017]
   Keywords : Minimum wage; wage dispersion; Nordic countries; education; upper secondary graduation rate; incentives; employment; labour demand and supply; labour market condition; Queuing hypothesis; and Substitution hypothesis.;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the incentives regarding the education decisions, resulting from a minimum wage over the period 2005-2014. The question is investigated by comparing the changes in the wage dispersion and upper secondary graduation rate in 17 OECD countries. READ MORE

6. 20. Is 300 Baht minimum wage in Thailand a good policy tool to reduce poverty, measured by the impacts on employment and average wage?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Rujikorn Thangstapornpong; Pun Porananond; [2017]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Minimum wage is a topic that has been of particular interest for policymakers and economists in Thailand since it has been one policy instrument aiming at reducing poverty. In , 2013, minimum wage was increased from 239 Baht to 300 Baht per day, an increase by 26 percent. READ MORE