Bosch, Mariano and Manacorda, Marco (2008) Minimum wages and earnings inequality in urban Mexico. Revisiting the evidence. CEPDP, 880. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 9780853282877
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Abstract
This paper explores the contribution of the minimum wage to the well documented rise in earnings inequality in Mexico between the late 1980 and the late 1990s. In contrast to the view that sees minimum wages as an ineffective redistributive tool in developing countries, we find that the deterioration in the real bite of the minimum wage is responsible for the entire rise in inequality at the bottom of the distribution. Our result challenges the widespread perception that trade induced shocks are the single most important factor behind the recent rise in earnings inequality in several less developed economies.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 the authors |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Minimum Wage, Inequality, Informality, Mexico |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | 880 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/19561/ |
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