The effects of the minimum wage on wages, employment and prices
By: by Sara Lemos.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1135; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1135
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Minimum wage -- Brazil.; Labor market -- Brazil.; Prices -- Brazil.
Description: "This paper puts together evidence for the wages, employment and price effects of the minimum wage. This overall picture will help to understand the small employment effects prevalent in the literature in the light of price effects. The data used is an under-explored monthly Brazilian household survey from 1982 to 2000, similar to the US CPS. As the international literature on the minimum wage is scanty on non-US empirical evidence, in particular on developing countries, this paper will also help to extend the current understanding on the effects of the minimum wage in developing countries. This is crucial if the minimum wage is to be used as a policy to help poor people in poor countries"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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