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Twenty years of wage inequality in Latin America
Messina, Julián; Silva, Joana - 2019
This paper documents an inverse U-shape in the evolution of wage inequality in Latin America since 1995, with a sharp … for the process of reduction in inequality, but do not fully account for the fall in within-skill variance. Evidence using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052155
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Does the minimum wage affect wage inequality? : a study for the six largest Latin American economies
Lombardo, Carlo; Ramírez-Leira, Lucía; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2022
Minimum wage (MW) policies are widespread in the developing world and yet their effects are still unclear. In this paper we explore the effect of national MW policies in Latin America’s six largest economies by exploiting the heterogeneity in the bite of the national minimum wage across local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014466614
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Formal but less equal: Gender wage gaps in formal and informal jobs in Brazil
Ben Yahmed, Sarra - 2016
legislation. I study here how gender wage inequality differs across formal and informal jobs in Brazil. The raw gender wage gap is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571969
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Costs and benefits of trade shocks: Evidence from Chilean local labor markets
César, Andrés; Falcone, Guillermo; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2022
significant rise in labor informality in more exposed local markets, especially among young and unskilled workers. These groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518121
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The formal sector wage premium and firm size for self-employed workers
Bargain, Olivier; El Badaoui, Eliane; Kwenda, Prudence; … - 2012
employee formal sector premium. We test theoretical predictions using empirical evidence from Mexico and find that firm size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283989
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Formal but less equal : gender wage gaps in formal and informal jobs in Brazil
Ben Yahmed, Sarra - 2016
legislation. I study here how gender wage inequality differs across formal and informal jobs in Brazil. The raw gender wage gap is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571455
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Informal-formal wage gaps in Colombia
Daza, Nancy; Gamboa, Luis Fernando - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013
inequality levels. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878139
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An approximation to the Informal-formal wage gap in Colombia 2008-2012
BAEZ, Nancy Aireth DAZA; GAMBOA, Luis Fernando - DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PLANEACIÓN - 2013
This document provides recent evidence about the persistency of wage gaps between formal and informal workers in Colombia by using a non-parametric method proposed by Ñopo (2008a). Over a rich dataset at a household level during 2008-2012, it is found that formal workers earn between 30 to 60...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888999
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The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers
Bargain, Olivier; El Badaoui, Eliane; Kwenda, Prudence; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
employee formal sector premium. We test theoretical predictions using empirical evidence from Mexico and find that firm size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552950
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An approximation to the Informal-formal wage gap in Colombia 2008-2012
Daza, Nancy; Gamboa, Luis Fernando - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2013
Abstract: This document provides recent evidence about the persistency of wage gaps between formal and informal workers in Colombia by using a non-parametric method proposed by Ñopo (2008a). Over a rich dataset at a household level during 2008-2012, it is found that formal workers earn between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763229