Working Toward Better Pay: Earnings Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania

by Paolo Falco, Pierella Paci, Andrew Kerr, et al.

Improving the returns to labor for low-paid workers is a key policy challenge, especially in low-income countries (LICs) where earnings increases are the single most important source of poverty reduction and an important engine of shared prosperity. Yet, the understanding of individual earnings dynamics remains limited. The small--but growing--body of empirical literature on the factors leading to larger and faster pay increases points to strong persistence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464802076
• ISBN13: 9781464802072
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"