development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …

stability of educational wage premia was justified by market forces. However, relative wages did not respond to negative net …

reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them …

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 …

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 labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …

stability of educational wage premia was justified by market forces. However, relative wages did not respond to negative net …

determination. In the basic set-up, UISAs induce a trade union to lower wages. This effect can also arise if (1) balanced …