This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. But, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its existence...

This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. But, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its existence...

This paper reports analysis of minimum wage on Brazilian labor market combining micro longitudinal data and aggregated time-series data. After the analysis of the minimum wage effects on Brazilian wage distribution based on micro data, the effects on employment level and composition (formal X...