The effect of minimum wages on employment is a matter of debate, and the existing empirical literature contains mixed … other important economic changes. To overcome this problem, we examine exogenous changes to local minimum wages in Indonesia … these changes in minimum wages affect employment, considering the effect both on employment within plants and on exit of …

The extensive literature on the employment impact of minimum wages has focused heavily on industrialized nations and …, Indonesia, was the setting for an unusual quasi-natural experiment: not only did minimum wages in Indonesia increase sharply … estimate the employment impact in the clothing, textiles, footwear, and leather industries based on a census of all large and …