Wages and wage policy

Using an alternative data, we built a General Wage Index for the industry oftransformation, between 1961 and 1984. Its desagregation permited us to analyse the evolutionof real salaries and real wages of the eight professional categories. We verified thatthe earnings depend, in the first place, on t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Ócio, Domingo Zurron
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1986
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1789
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1789
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Salários
política salarial
salário-mínimo
Wages
wage policy
minimum wage
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Sumario:Using an alternative data, we built a General Wage Index for the industry oftransformation, between 1961 and 1984. Its desagregation permited us to analyse the evolutionof real salaries and real wages of the eight professional categories. We verified thatthe earnings depend, in the first place, on the conduct of the economic cycle, and secondarily,on the factors related to the business’ organizational structure, trade-union movement, andgovernment’s wage policy. The official minimum wage doesn’t seem to determine the wagesrate; its major impact concerns to the informal sector. JEL Classification: J31; J38.