Disentangling the Effects of Large Minimum Wage and VAT Changes on Prices: Evidence from Mexico
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- Calderón, Mariana & Cortés, Josué & Pérez Pérez, Jorge & Salcedo, Alejandrina, 2023. "Disentangling the Effects of Large Minimum Wage and VAT Changes on Prices: Evidence from Mexico," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
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Keywords
Minimum wage; Value-Added Tax; Prices;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2022-12-19 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2022-12-19 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-PBE-2022-12-19 (Public Economics)
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