, and the level of wages in Ecuador. A 12-year panel was built. It allows to overcome the short time span of household data … wages. The high level of non-compliance, and the important share of informal workers call for new policies and institutions …

hikes on employment and wages in Viet Nam's micro enterprises, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), respectively. In … particular, I exploit the differences in the rates of increases in minimum wages across minimum wage regions to identify the …

on wages and the earnings distribution in the formal and informal sectors. The analysis builds on two thus far separate … strands of literature that investigate the effects of minimum wages and bunching around tax kinks in developing countries … distribution rightward and produces significant and economically meaningful increases in wages in both the formal and informal …

Faced with more favourable demand conditions, many firms raise wages. However, we show that firms with labour market … instead of increasing wages or employment. Our prediction follows from a simple but novel theoretical insight under a standard … increase wages and employment less, and profits more, in response to revenue productivity shocks, and that there is a break at …