This chapter surveys the literature on the impact of minimum wages on low-wage labor
markets. We describe and critically review the empirical methods in the new minimum wage …

Definition The effect of minimum wages on employment is a mature, continuously
researched topic. This study discusses the core theoretical approaches on the relationship …

This paper uses skin tone and income information for over a hundred thousand individuals
across 31 Latin American countries to study racial inequalities during the last decade. First, I …

We use wage data from the Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotation Group
(CPS MORG) to study the effect of state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race …

We study how referral hiring contributes to racial inequality in firm-level labor demand over
the firm's life cycle using data from Brazil. We consider a search model where referral …

How do minimum wages affect earnings inequality in countries with large informal sectors? I
provide reduced-form evidence that the 2000s minimum wage hike in Brazil raised overall …

Social movements are catalysts for crucial institutional changes. To succeed, they must
coordinate members' views (consensus building) and actions (mobilization). We study union …

We study the dynamics of wage inequality in Latin America in the past two decades. We find
a consistent trend reversal in wage inequality in the region since the early 2000s: wage …

The question of how firms set wages for their employees has been of longstanding interest.
In this paper, we investigate what models of wage determination are at play in a low-wage …

This paper evidences collusion among employers in the textile and clothing manufacturing
industry in India. First, I develop a simple comparative static test to distinguish standard …