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The minimum wage literature is very limited on empirical evidence for developing countries. This already limited literature is even more limited on the effects of the minimum wage in the informal sector, where most of the poor are. Extending the understanding of minimum wage effects both in...
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This paper examines the set of interdependences between the formation of wages, prices and the minimum wage (SMIC … persistent in real terms and relatively to the other salaries and have always as little inflationary impact on wages as on prices. …
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This paper examines the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males and females in Russia. Both … impact on employment and wages. Further, there is some evidence in favor of an inverse U-shaped relationship between alcohol …
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. Besides the shape of the distribution it has to be checked whether labor market conditions such as minimum wages with the …
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firm's ability to adjust tournament prizes is constrained by the outside labor market, through the wages other firms are …
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concerns on economic outcomes. We also review evidence from laboratory and field experiments examining the role of wages and … fairness on effort, derive predictions from our approach for entry-level wages and incumbent workers' wages, confront these …
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Using the monthly samples of the Current Population Survey (CPS) outgoing rotation group files, this paper analyzes the most recent increase in the U.S. minimum wage rate. This study focuses on immigrant and native-born workers who are employed in industries with low and high immigrant...
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A national minimum wage cannot explain variation in wages or employment across regions. Identification of the effect of … the minimum wage separately from the effect of other variables on wages or employment requires regional variation. Many … to represent the effect of a 10% increase in the minimum wage on wages or employment. Second, different minimum wage …
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There is very little empirical evidence on the effects of the minimum wage on prices in the international literature and none whatsoever for developing countries. This paper estimates the minimum wage price effect using monthly Brazilian household and firm data from 1982 to 2000 aggregated at a...
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This paper puts together evidence for the wages, employment and price effects of the minimum wage. This overall picture …
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