The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies
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Keywords
Minimum Wage; Wages; Labor Markets; Inequality; Informality; Latin America;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2023-04-10 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2023-04-10 (Central and South America)
- NEP-LAW-2023-04-10 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2023-04-10 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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