Minimum Wages and Intergenerational Health

Jere Behrman, Muhammad Farhan Majid and Hanna Wang

No 1416, Working Papers from Barcelona School of Economics

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.

Keywords: minimum wage; intergenerational health; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I15 I18 J13 J38 J8 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12
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