Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy

This paper examines the effects of the minimum wage on employment, as well as other labor market outputs such as (in)formality, inactivity and hours of work. We use a data panel from 2009 to 2016 from the main regions of Colombiaand exploitthe exogenous variation of the minimum wage to isolate the e...

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Salario mínimo
Distribución de salarios
Economía laboral
Employment
Minimum wage
Wage distribution
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spelling Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing EconomyEmpleoSalario mínimoDistribución de salariosEconomía laboralEmploymentMinimum wageWage distributionEmpleoSalario mínimoDistribución del ingresoThis paper examines the effects of the minimum wage on employment, as well as other labor market outputs such as (in)formality, inactivity and hours of work. We use a data panel from 2009 to 2016 from the main regions of Colombiaand exploitthe exogenous variation of the minimum wage to isolate the effects of the simultaneous determination of employment and wages. The results show that the minimum wage negatively affectsboth formal and informal employment, which implies a decrease in the employment rate.Universidad del Rosario. Facultad de Economía2018-05-282018-08-08T20:53:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecthttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_c94fapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.48713/10336_18271http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/18271instname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURenghttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Arango, SaloméGarcía, Gustavo A.Posso, Christianoai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/182712019-09-19T07:37:54Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
title Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
spellingShingle Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
Empleo
Salario mínimo
Distribución de salarios
Economía laboral
Employment
Minimum wage
Wage distribution
Empleo
Salario mínimo
Distribución del ingreso
title_short Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
title_full Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
title_fullStr Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
title_full_unstemmed Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
title_sort Solving the Puzzle between the Minimum Wage and (In) formal Employment: An Analysis for a Developing Economy
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Empleo
Salario mínimo
Distribución de salarios
Economía laboral
Employment
Minimum wage
Wage distribution
Empleo
Salario mínimo
Distribución del ingreso
topic Empleo
Salario mínimo
Distribución de salarios
Economía laboral
Employment
Minimum wage
Wage distribution
Empleo
Salario mínimo
Distribución del ingreso
description This paper examines the effects of the minimum wage on employment, as well as other labor market outputs such as (in)formality, inactivity and hours of work. We use a data panel from 2009 to 2016 from the main regions of Colombiaand exploitthe exogenous variation of the minimum wage to isolate the effects of the simultaneous determination of employment and wages. The results show that the minimum wage negatively affectsboth formal and informal employment, which implies a decrease in the employment rate.
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