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 …

results suggest an elasticity of wages with respect to business taxes that ranges between -0.28 to -0.46, once we control for …

This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings … Costa Rica. This country’s large uncovered sector and complex minimum wage policy, which has for decades set numerous wages … minimum wages. We find that legal minimum wages have a significant positive effect on the wages of workers in the covered …

costs influence insider wages and outsiders’ opportunities and how these costs affect employment and unemployment. We also …

by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages can change the inequality of the … wages in the 1980s and 1990s acted as a countervailing force to the unequalizing effect of globalization. Using annual data … on workers from the 1987-1997 household surveys, it is shown that changes in the legal minimum wages did indeed have an …

The dual economy development models hold minimum wages (among other institutions) accountable for persistent dualism …. We use 12 years of micro data on thousands workers in Costa Rica to test whether legal minimum wages have a differential … impact on wages in the formal sector vs. informal sector, defined in various ways. We find the evidence from Costa Rica is …

of notice is defined as the period an employer has to notify workers in advance of their upcoming dismissal. The wages …. Strong evidence is found that a longer 'dormant' term of notice leads to higher wages. In my sample, an additional month of … notice increases wages by three percent, ceteris paribus. …

of notice is defined as the period an employer has to notify workers in advance of their up-coming dismissal. The wages …. Strong evidence is found that a longer ‘dormant’ term of notice leads to higher wages. In my sample, an additional month of … notice increases wages by three percent, ceteris paribus. …