Minimum Wages and Intergenerational Health

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Cell and Developmental Biology
Economics
International and Area Studies
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Mental and Social Health
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Minimum Wage
Intergenerational Health
Indonesia
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Majid acknowledges funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant award R03HD097425. NIH funded Majid as Principal investigator (PI) and provided partial support to other team members as well.
Wang acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon2020, research and innovation program GA project number 804989-DYMOLAMO and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in RD (CEX2019- 000915-S).
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2024-02-07
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Wang, Hanna
Behrman, Jere R.
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Abstract

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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Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2024-106
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2024-02-07
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Majid, Farhan, Jere R. Behrman, and Hanna Wang. 2023. “Minimum Wages and Intergenerational Health.” University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC).
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