disproportionately suffer from it. Robust results indicate that the minimum wage raises overall prices in Brazil. The resulting inflation …There is very little empirical evidence on the effects of the minimum wage on prices in the international literature …. Employment might not be affected if firms are able to pass through to prices the higher labour costs associated to a minimum wage …

. Firms respond to these higher labour costs by reducing employment, reducing profits, or raising prices. While there are … wage. With employment and profits not significantly affected, higher prices is an obvious response to a minimum wage … as a policy against inequality and poverty. If the minimum wage does not cause disemployment but causes inflation, it …

wage workers could pass on any resulting higher labour costs in the form of higher prices. This study looks at the effects … of the introduction and subsequent uprating of the minimum wage on the prices of UK goods and services, comparing the … prices of goods produced by industries in which UK minimum wage workers make up a substantial share of total costs with the …

stores, and the after-tax price dispersion. Using an unbalanced panel of weekly prices for 553 stores throughout Mexico, we …In January 2014, Mexico addressed its epidemic of obesity by implementing an excise tax of 1 peso (1 MXN) per liter on …

boldest interventions in the recent history of Mexico and the rest of the world: the Northern Border Free Zone (NBFZ …). Launched in January 2019, this program doubles the minimum wage and substantially lowers taxes in 43 municipalities along the …

This paper examines the set of interdependences between the formation of wages, prices and the minimum wage (SMIC …. Two periods are distinguished: the period of inflation rise from 1970 to 1981, which coincides with an important squeeze … persistent in real terms and relatively to the other salaries and have always as little inflationary impact on wages as on prices. …

We examine the effect of the minimum wage on restaurant prices. We contribute to both the study of economic impact of … flexible (S; s) rule. We find a positive and significant impact of the minimum wage on prices. The effect of the minimum wage … on prices is however very protracted. The aggregate impact estimated with our model takes more than a year to fully pass …

Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine the role of market …