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Wendy Cunningham
Researcher at World Bank
Publications - 53
Citations - 1569
Wendy Cunningham is an academic researcher from World Bank. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wage & Cognitive skill. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 50 publications receiving 1476 citations.
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Heterogeneity among Mexico’s Microenterprises: An Application of Factor and Cluster Analysis*
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used factor and cluster analysis to generate a typology of the small firm sector by taking advantage of a Mexican data set on micro-firms that offers information on a broad range of small firm characteristics and found that most of the owners in all groups stated that they chose self-employment over formal sector employment in order to be independent, collect higher earnings, or follow family tradition.
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Measuring the Impact of Minimum Wages. Evidence from Latin America
William F. Maloney,Jairo Núñez,Wendy Cunningham,Norbert Fiess,Claudio E. Montenegro,Edmundo Murrugarra,Mauricio Santamaria,Claudia Sepulveda +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of minimum wage levels in Latin America and their true impact on the distribution of wages, using both numerical measures and kernal density plots for eight countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, and Uruguay).
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The effects of the minimum wage in Brazil on the distribution of family incomes: 1996–2001
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the efficacy of the minimum wage in Brazil in bringing about beneficial changes in the income distribution, by raising incomes of poor and low-income families.
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Measuring the economic gain of investing in girls : the girl effect dividend
Jad Chaaban,Wendy Cunningham +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored the linkages between investing in girls and potential increases in national income by examining three widely prevalent aspects of adolescent girls' lives: early school dropout, teenage pregnancy and joblessness.
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Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the at-risk youth in Latin America and the Caribbean, and provide evidence-based guidance to policy makers in LAC countries that will help them to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their youth investments.