Measuring the impact of minimum wages
Subtitle: evidence from Latin America
By: William F. Maloney, Jairo Nuñez with Wendy Cunningham ... [et al.].
Contributors: Núñez Méndez, Jairo.; Cunningham, Wendy L.; World Bank. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office. Poverty Sector Unit.; World Bank. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office. Office of the Chief Economist.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2597; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2597.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Poverty Sector Unit and Office of the Chief Economicst
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Minimum wage -- Latin America.; Wages -- Latin America.; Income distribution -- Latin America.; Unemployment -- Effect of wages on -- Latin America.
Description: Simple numerical measures of the minimum wage may offer deceptive indicators of its impact. Alternative measures, such as kernel density or cumulative distribution plots, are more reliable, and highlight influences higher in the wage distribution or on the informal sector. Panel employment data from Colombia, where minimum wages seem high and binding, show that the minimum wage can have important impacts on wages and unemployment across the wage distribution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references. (p. 18-20).
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