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wage bin throughout the monthly wage distribution. We find that, after one month, wages increased by 17 to 37 percent for …
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-skilled workers with wages just above the minimum wage, but negative effects for high-skilled top earners in East Germany, where the …
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-skilled workers with wages just above the minimum wage, but negative effects for high-skilled top earners in East Germany, where the …
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-skilled workers with wages just above the minimum wage, but negative effects for high-skilled top earners in East Germany, where the …
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sectors in Brazil and in Latin America more generally …
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Minimum wage (MW) policies are widespread in the developing world and yet their effects are still unclear. In this paper we explore the effect of national MW policies in Latin America’s six largest economies by exploiting the heterogeneity in the bite of the national minimum wage across local...
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wages, the Campaign for Minimum Wages. To evaluate the impact of the Campaign, we use a regression discontinuity approach … than the minimum wage. The Campaign led to the largest increases in the wages of women, younger workers and less …-educated workers. We find no evidence that the Campaign had a negative impact on the employment of full-time workers whose wages were …
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After a period of hyperinflation and the adoption of the Brazilian Real in 1994, Brazil has experienced a significant …
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A national minimum wage cannot explain variation in wages or employment across regions. Identification of the effect of … the minimum wage separately from the effect of other variables on wages or employment requires regional variation. Many … to represent the effect of a 10% increase in the minimum wage on wages or employment. Second, different minimum wage …
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sectors in Brazil and in Latin America more generally. …
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