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The Brazilian economy has relied on the minimum wage since it was first implemented in 1940. Brazil's newly elected … minimum wage in bringing about these changes in Brazil. We examine data drawn from Brazil's major metropolitan areas and study …-wage metropolitan areas where their effects should be apparent, minimum wages in Brazil lift family incomes at the lower points of the …
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The potential benefits of higher minimum wages come from the higher wages for affected workers, some of whom are in poor or low-income families. The potential downside is that a higher minimum wage may discourage employers from using the low-wage, low-skill workers that minimum wages are...
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We estimate the longer-run effects of minimum wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and welfare on key economic indicators of economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged neighborhoods. We find that the longer-run effects of the EITC are to increase employment and to reduce poverty and public...
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