In this paper we present and confront the main comparative static results - effects of labor supply, demand and institutional wage movements - of the (a) basic two-sector model in six different scenarios: free market; partial (one-sector) coverage with perfect intersector mobility; partial...

Minimum wage compliance is studied by counting how many workers are paid below this floor. While useful, it is unable to identify the degree of underpayment. Recently, a family of violation indices has overcome this issue. I estimate these measures for Honduras, a dual labor market with multiple...

This paper provides an assessment of the 2019 minimum-wage hike in Spain, which increased the minimum wage by 22% and directly concerned 7% of dependent employees. The assessment is based on an individual-level analysis that follows the outcomes of workers that were employed in the year before...