Advocates of minimum wage increases have long touted their potential to reduce poverty. This study assesses this claim ….17 percent increase in the probability of longer-run poverty among all persons. With 95% confidence, we can rule out long …-run poverty elasticities with respect to the minimum wage of less than -0.129, which includes central poverty elasticities …

The available estimations about the effect of minimum wage on poverty relies on partial equilibrium analysis. We …. Using a computable general equilibrium model we simulate the poverty level in Brazil if only minimum wage have changed. Our … results shows that an increase on minimum wage increases, although slightly, the poverty level, when the social security …

This paper examines the relationship between minimum wages and poverty in developing countries. We regress changes in … poverty indicators for a group of twenty-two developing countries on minimum wage changes, changes in per capita income …, changes in average real wages, human capital investment, and other variables associated with changes in poverty. The …