Artículo
Distribution effects of the minimum wages in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay
Fecha de publicación:
03/2016
Editorial:
Wiley
Revista:
International Labour Review
ISSN:
1564-913X
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
This article provides a comparative analysis of the distribution effects of the increase in the real value of the minimum wage in Latin America during the 2000s in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Using semiparametric techniques to estimate counterfactual density functions, the authors find that the increase in the minimum wage had an equalizing effect in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, but not in Chile. This increase accounted for a considerable part of the decline in wage inequality, which was the result of compression at the lower tail of the wage distribution.
Palabras clave:
Minimum Wage
,
Inequality
,
Latin America
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Articulos de INST. INTER. DE ECONOMIA POLITICA DE BUENOS AIRES
Articulos de INST. INTER. DE ECONOMIA POLITICA DE BUENOS AIRES
Citación
Maurizio, Roxana del Luján; Vázquez, Gustavo Marcelo; Distribution effects of the minimum wages in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay; Wiley; International Labour Review; 155; 1; 3-2016; 97-131
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