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Measuring the Impact of Minimum Wages: Evidence from Latin America / William F. Maloney, Jairo Nunez Mendez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maloney, William F.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w9800.
- NBER working paper series no. w9800
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Measuring the Impact of Minimum Wages
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2003.
- Summary:
- This paper first provides an overview of the levels of minimum wages in Latin America and their true impact on the distribution of wages using both numerical measures and kernel density plots. It identifies numeraire' effects higher in the wage distribution and lighthouse' or reference effects in the unregulated or informal' sector. The final section then employs panel employment data from Colombia, a country where minimum wages seem high and very binding, to quantify the effects of an increase on wages and employment. The evidence suggests that in the Latin American context, the minimum wage has impacts beyond those usually contemplated in the advanced country literature.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 2003.
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