The impact of minimum wages on the labour market has been a recurrent issue in the theoretical and empirical literature [e.g., Cubitt and Heap (1999), Dickens et al. (1998), Waltman et al. (1998), and Dolado et al. (1996)]. There are two clear and divergent views on the normative impact of...

This article presents an overview of the principal results of research on the impact of the minimum wage on the Brazilian labor market. The effects of the minimum wage on employment, wage levels, and poverty are analyzed, as is the relationship between the minimum wage and the government...

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...

This paper aims at contributing to the debate regarding the role of the minimum wage in Brazil. This is carried out by assessing its potential effects on the labor market outcomes, as well in terms of poverty alleviation and fiscal impact. First, a succinct description of the institutional...