Minimum wages and earnings inequality in urban Mexico
Bosch, M. & Manacorda, M.
(2010).
Minimum wages and earnings inequality in urban Mexico.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
2(4), 128-149.
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.2.4.128
This paper analyzes the contribution of the minimum wage to the well documented rise in earnings inequality in Mexico between the late 1980s and the early 2000s. We find that a substantial part of the growth in inequality, and essentially all of the growth in inequality in the bottom end of the distribution, is due to the steep decline in the real value of the minimum wage.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2010 American Economics Association |
| Departments | LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance |
| DOI | 10.1257/app.2.4.128 |
| Date Deposited | 17 Dec 2013 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54978 |
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- F1201 Latin America (General)
- HC Economic History and Conditions
- HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
- J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc.
- J38 - Public Policy
- O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
- R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
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