Assessing the Distributive Impact of More than Doubling the Minimum Wage: The Case of Uruguay

Fernando Borraz and Nicolás Gonzalez Pampillón ()
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Nicolás Gonzalez Pampillón: Universidad de Montevideo
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No 1711, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Department of Economics - dECON

Abstract: This paper analyzes the role of the sharply increases in the minimum wage after 2004 in Uruguay in the slight decrease on wage inequality. We Önd no impact of the miminum wage increases on wage inequality. This results can be explained by the low starting level of the minimum wage or lack of compliance with it. The Uruguayan experience shows that the minimum wage is not always e§ective as a redistribution instrument.

Keywords: minimum wage; wage inequality; IV; semiparametric estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 J31 J38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2011-08
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