O artigo analisa a evolução do salário mínimo (SM) no Brasil depois da estabilização do Plano Real. Mostra-se que entre 1994 e 2007, a variável teve um aumento real acumulado de mais de 100%. Com isso, seu valor avançou na escala de rendimentos, estimando-se que em 2007 tenha alcançado...

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the minimum wage policy in various segments of Brazilian labor markets. The basic technique is to quantify corner solutions imposed by the minimum wage. These points are later used as a focalization mechanism in the simulation of upper bounds of the...

The available estimations about the effect of minimum wage on poverty relies on partial equilibrium analysis. We estimate these effects in Brazil through a general equilibrium framework, dealing with lots of indirect effects of minimum wage. Using a computable general equilibrium model we...

"The problem of trying to estimate what the effect of the minimum wage will have on employment (or any other outcome) has puzzled economists for over 150 years. Some factions in Germany have recently contemplated supplementing their extensive system of sector and branch minimum wages with a...

"This paper analyses theoretical effects of minimum wages on employment and the wage distribution under a frictional setting. I review new developments in search theory and discuss the influence of minimum wages on wages and employment under each setting. Thereby, a major theoretical focus of...