The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies

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Ramírez Leira, Lucía; Lombardo, Carlo Ignazio; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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2021
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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 how binding minimum wages are across local labor markets and over time. We find evidence that the MW has a compression effect on the wage distribution of formal workers. The effect was particularly large during the 2000s, a decade of sustained growth and strong labor markets. In contrast, the effect seems to vanish in the 2010s, a decade of much weaker labor markets. We also find suggestive evidence of a lighthouse effect: the MW seems to have an unequalizing effect also on the wage distribution of informal workers.
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Ciencias Económicas
Minimum Wage
Wages
Labor Markets
Inequality
Informality
Latin America
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
title The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
spellingShingle The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
Ramírez Leira, Lucía
Ciencias Económicas
Minimum Wage
Wages
Labor Markets
Inequality
Informality
Latin America
title_short The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
title_full The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
title_fullStr The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
title_sort The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ramírez Leira, Lucía
Lombardo, Carlo Ignazio
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author Ramírez Leira, Lucía
author_facet Ramírez Leira, Lucía
Lombardo, Carlo Ignazio
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author_role author
author2 Lombardo, Carlo Ignazio
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Minimum Wage
Wages
Labor Markets
Inequality
Informality
Latin America
topic Ciencias Económicas
Minimum Wage
Wages
Labor Markets
Inequality
Informality
Latin America
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
description 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 how binding minimum wages are across local labor markets and over time. We find evidence that the MW has a compression effect on the wage distribution of formal workers. The effect was particularly large during the 2000s, a decade of sustained growth and strong labor markets. In contrast, the effect seems to vanish in the 2010s, a decade of much weaker labor markets. We also find suggestive evidence of a lighthouse effect: the MW seems to have an unequalizing effect also on the wage distribution of informal workers.
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