The controversy over the minimum wage and the wage rate in the Brazilian economy: new evidence
A few articles appeared recently in the Brazilian economic literature discussingthe role played by the minimum wage in the determination of the wage rate in the formalsector of the economy. This paper tries to shed some light on the discussion through the utilizationof new empirical evidence. We end...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1985 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | EDITORA 34 |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Economia Política |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1841 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1841 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Wage minimum wage wage structure Salário salário-mínimo estrutura de salários |
| Sumario: | A few articles appeared recently in the Brazilian economic literature discussingthe role played by the minimum wage in the determination of the wage rate in the formalsector of the economy. This paper tries to shed some light on the discussion through the utilizationof new empirical evidence. We end up concluding that minimum wage is very importantto determine the wage rate in Brazil. JEL Classification: J31; J38. |
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