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The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices in Brazil

Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004

There is very little evidence on the effects of the minimum wage on prices in the international literature and none whatsoever for developing countries. This paper analyzes the effects of the minimum wage on prices using monthly Brazilian household and price data from 1982 to 2000 aggregated at...

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A Menu Of Minimum Wage Variables For Evaluating Wages and Employment Effects: Evidence From Brazil

Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. Brazil’s minimum wage policy is a distinctive and central feature of the Brazilian economy. Not only are increases in the minimum wage large and frequent but also the minimum wage has been...

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Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage

Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. In Brazil, not only are increases in the minimum wage large and frequent but also the minimum wage has been used as anti-inflation policy in addition to its social role. This paper estimates...

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Emergence d’une profession comptable libérale : le cas du Maroc

OMARI, Sami El; SABOLY, Michèle - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this article is to study the birth and the evolution of accountancy profession and bodies in Morocco …

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Labor Market and Growth in Morocco

ACHY, Lahcen - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the functioning of the labor market in Morocco is affecting economic … of policy choices undertaken by policy makers in Morocco over the last four decades. For a long time, the government … wage bill in Morocco is excessive and tends to put constantly pressure on the government budget, which threatens …

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Taux de Change et Potentiel d'Exportation au Maroc

ACHY, Lahcen - EconWPA - 2005

L’objet de ce papier est de tenter de se prononcer sur la «part de responsabilité» de la variabilité du taux de change du DH dans la régression des exportations marocaines du secteur des industries de Textile-Habillement et Cuir.

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EXCHANGE RATE AND INFLATION TARGETING IN MOROCCO AND TUNISIA

Nathalie, Grand; Vincent, Dropsy - EconWPA - 2005

Morocco and Tunisia have started to open their markets to international trade and capital flows in order to bolster … their exchange rate regimes and monetary policies. This objective of this paper is to examine why Morocco and Tunisia should … probabilities is estimated for Morocco and Tunisia to provide important information concerning the mechanisms underlying inflation …

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Financial liberalization, saving, investment and growth in MENA countries

ACHY, Lahcen - EconWPA - 2004

market developments, focussing on Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey between 1970-1998. …

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On Selective Indirect Tax Reform in Developing Countries

Emran, M. Shahe; Stiglitz, Joseph E. - EconWPA - 2002

The current consensus on indirect tax reform in developing countries favors a reduction in trade taxes with an increase in VAT to raise revenue. The theoretical results on selective reform that underlie this consensus are, however, derived from partial models that ignore the existence of an...

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Pension Reform in a Highly Informalized Post-Soviet Economy

Dobronogov, Anton; Mayhew, Les - EconWPA - 2000

Pension reform is now on the national agenda in most post-Soviet countries. These countries have highly informalized economies, which means that large areas of economic activity go unreported to the authorities. This paper deals with the problem of pension reform in a highly informalized...

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