Do Minimum Wages Reduce Employment in Developing Countries? A Survey and Exploration of Conflicting Evidence
David Neumark and
Luis Felipe Munguia Corella
No 26462, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Abstract:
Evidence from studies of the employment effects of minimum wages in developing countries is mixed. One interpretation is that there is simply no clear evidence of disemployment effects in developing countries. Instead, however, we find evidence that the heterogeneity is systematic, with estimated effects more consistently negative in studies with relatively more features for which institutional factors and the competitive model more strongly predict negative effects. These features include whether studies: (i) focus on vulnerable workers; (ii) use data for the formal sector; (iii) cover countries where minimum wage laws are strongly enforced; and (iv) estimate effects for countries and periods with binding minimum wages.
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Date: 2019-11
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Published as David Neumark & Luis Felipe Munguía Corella, 2021. "Do minimum wages reduce employment in developing countries? A survey and exploration of conflicting evidence," World Development, vol 137.
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