Minimum wage, inequality and informality

• Grant number: 11/16252-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economics of Human Resources
• Principal Investigator: Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho
• Grantee: Bruno Kawaoka Komatsu
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In recent years, the Brazilian labour market has exhibited some quite unnusual and very interesting trends. Since 2004, the unemployment rate has declined to half of its level in that year; the minimum wage has showed real growth of almost 70%; the inequality measured by the Gini index has significantly decreased, and the formal share of employment has increased, reaching levels historically high.From this background, we aim to answer the following questions: 1. What are the effects of minimum wage on wage inequality in the labour market? 2. What explains the decresing informal share of employment, in a context in which minimum wage grows and unemployment decreases? (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

KOMATSU, Bruno Kawaoka. Minimum wage, inequality and informality. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA/SBD) São Paulo.