Do minimum wages improve early life health? Evidence from developing countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-113

  Majid, Muhammad Farhan ^a   Mendoza Rodríguez, José M ^b   Harper, Sam ^a   Frank, John ^c   Nandi, Arijit ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; Low and middle income countries (LMICs); Minimum wages

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MINIMUM WAGE; OCCUPATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MARRIED PERSON; MINIMUM WAGE; OCCUPATION; SALARY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

SOUTH ASIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84964453208     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.04.019     Document Type: Article

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