Elementary occupations” is the title of major group 9 in the ILO classification system of occupations. It comprises, inter alia, street vendors, shoe cleaners, domestic helpers, building caretakers, messengers, doorkeepers, garbage collectors, hand labourers, etc. However, in recent years the bargained minimum wage has risen well above the statutory minimum wage, and was 25% higher by 2012, reducing the signalling effect of wages and thus not stimulating demand for unskilled labour (Box 2.1).