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Minimum Wages and Intergenerational Health

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  • Farhan Majid
  • Jere R. Behrman
  • Hanna Wang

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Most minimum wage (MW) research focuses on wage and employment impacts in high-income countries. Little is known about broader impacts, including on parental and child health in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) where most people affected by MWs live. This study studies MW effects on employment, earnings, parental health and child health in Indonesia, the third most-populous LMIC. Results include: MWs improve men’s earnings, parental hemoglobin, and child height-for- age and reduce pregnancy complications. This study highlights nuanced but positive roles MWs may play in improving parental and child health, despite not directly affecting women’s earnings and labor supplies.

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  • Farhan Majid & Jere R. Behrman & Hanna Wang, 2023. "Minimum Wages and Intergenerational Health," Working Papers 1416, Barcelona School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:bge:wpaper:1416
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    Keywords

    minimum wage; intergenerational health; Indonesia;
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    JEL classification:

    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
    • J8 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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