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T. H. Gindling
Subject Editor, Development

University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Subject Editor

Current position

Professor of Economics and Public Policy, UMBC, USA

Research interest

Labor markets in developing economies, Latin American immigrants in the United States

Website

http://bit.ly/Gindling_IZApage

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Consultant for: World Bank, United Nations Development Program, United States Agency for International Development, Government of Honduras, Government of Costa Rica, Canadian International Development Research Center, UK Department for International Development

Past positions

Visiting Professor, University of Costa Rica; Visiting Professor, National Autonomous University of Costa Rica; Visiting Professor, Tulane University

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Cornell University, 1988

Selected publications

  • "Climbing the Job Ladder? Transforming Informal Work and Livelihoods in Developing Countries." Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023 (edited with Fields, G. S., Gindling, T. , Sen, K. , Danquah, M., and Schotte, S.).

  • “Self-employment in the developing world.” World Development, 56 (2014): 313-331 (with D. Newhouse).

  • “The impact of minimum wages on wages, work and poverty in Nicaragua.” Labour Economics 18 (2011): S45–S59 (with E. Alaniz and K. Terrell).

  • “Minimum wages, globalization, and poverty in Honduras.” World Development 38:6 (2010): 908–918 (with K. Terrell).

  • “The effects of multiple minimum wages throughout the labor market: The case of Costa Rica.” Labour Economics 14 (2007): 485–511 (with K. Terrell).

article(s)

  • Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries? Updated

    Whether raising minimum wages reduces—or increases—poverty depends on the characteristics of the labor market and Households

    T. H. Gindling, August 2024
    Raising the minimum wage in developing countries could increase or decrease poverty, depending on labor market characteristics. Minimum wages target formal sector workers—a minority in most developing countries—many of whom do not live in poor households. Whether raising minimum wages reduces poverty depends not only on whether formal sector workers lose jobs as a result, but also on whether low-wage workers live in poor households, how widely minimum wages are enforced, how minimum wages affect informal workers, and whether social safety nets are in place.
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