Distribution effects of the minimum wage in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay

Maurizio, Roxana; Vázquez, Gustavo

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“…Other studies have pointed out that both the implementation of income policies immediately after the macroeconomic crisis in 2001/02 and the strengthening of labour institutions might have also played a part in reducing the income gap among workers with different skills and educational levels. Maurizio and Vázquez (2016) and Casanova and Alejo (2015) have highlighted the strengthening of the minimum wage and collective bargaining as contributing factors to the improvement of wage inequality, both in Argentina and in other countries in the region.…”

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Changes in occupations and their task content: Implications for employment and inequality in Argentina, 2003–19

Maurizio¹,

Monsalvo²

2021

WIDER Working Paper

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The aim of this paper is to identify the scope and patterns of the structural transformation as evidenced by changes in occupations and their task content, and their impact on employment, earnings and income distribution in Argentina during the new millennium. Results show that the changes in jobs did not follow the same pattern as those in earnings. In particular, earnings grew but employment shares fell in low-paying occupations. The macroeconomic conditions, production structure, and labour market institutions seem to shape the impact of technology on job demand and on earnings distribution. Overall, the findings point at the need for a broader perspective with a view to achieving a better understanding of the extent to which these factors may have affected the adoption of technology and the composition of employment in a country characterized by high economic instability and dramatic changes in their productive structure.

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Changes in occupations and their task content: Implications for employment and inequality in Argentina, 2003–19

Maurizio¹,

Monsalvo²

2021

WIDER Working Paper

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“…The combination of these two processes multiplied their individual effects as more workers began to receive at least the minimum wage (through formalization) and their income was increased further by rising real minimum wages. Rising minimum wages also affected informal workers being paid close to the minimum wage, through what is known as the "lighthouse effect," as well as employees whose wages were indexed to (low) multiples of the minimum wage and thus got readjusted (see Maurizio and Vázquez, 2016). Furthermore, a set of social benefits and lowvalue public pensions was indexed to the minimum wage, increasing the latter's impact on the economy (Orair and Gobetti, 2010).…”

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Social Structure and Distributive Policies under the PT Governments: A Poverty-Reducing Variety of Neoliberalism

Loureiro¹

2019

Latin American Perspectives

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Brazil’s social structure and associated distributive policies during the PT governments did not depart from neoliberalism but rather implemented a poverty-reducing variant of it. Through minimum-wage hikes, conditional cash transfers, legislation driving financial innovation, and the subsidizing of privately provided for-profit services, state power was used to include individuals in ever-expanding formal circuits of commodity production and consumption. Deprivation in multiple dimensions was indeed reduced through these policies, but in the process social mobility came to mean exiting poverty, getting a formal low-skilled job, and accessing credit at lower interest rates to pay for state-subsidized private health and education. A estrutura social do Brasil e as políticas distributivas associadas a ela durante os governos do PT não se afastaram do neoliberalismo, mas sim implementaram uma variante de neoliberalismo redutora da pobreza. Por meio de aumentos do salário mínimo, transferências condicionais de renda, legislação que impulsionava a inovação financeira e o subsídio para serviços privados prestados com fins lucrativos, o poder do Estado foi usado para incluir indivíduos em crescentes circuitos formais de produção e consumo de mercadorias. A privação em múltiplas dimensões foi realmente reduzida por meio dessas políticas, mas neste processo a mobilidade social passou a significar sair da pobreza, conseguir um emprego formal pouco qualificado e obter crédito a taxas de juros mais baixas para pagar pela saúde e educação privadas subsidiadas pelo Estado.

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“…En términos generales, la estabilidad macroeconómica y las condiciones externas han favorecido a la región en el período. En términos más específicos, en las economías del Cono Sur, por ejemplo, la institucionalidad laboral a través del salario mínimo y la negociación colectiva ha contribuido de manera significativa (véase, por ejemplo, Maurizio y Vázquez, 2016). En las economías de América Central, las fuentes de ingresos no laborales y, en particular, las remesas, han tenido un impacto igualador en algunos casos (Acosta y otros, 2008).…”

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¿Más o menos desiguales? Una revisión sobre la desigualdad de los ingresos a nivel global, regional y nacional

Amarante¹,

Colacce²

2018

Revista De La CEPAL

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ResumenEn este artículo se presenta una discusión, desde diferentes miradas, sobre cómo ha evolucionado la desigualdad de los ingresos. Se considera la desigualdad global del ingreso sobre la base de múltiples evidencias recientes, que señalan una relativa estabilidad del elevado nivel de desigualdad. Los principales cambios surgen de los movimientos de China y la India. En los países desarrollados, la tendencia ha sido hacia mayores niveles de desigualdad en los últimos tres decenios. También ha sido así en los países en desarrollo, con la excepción de América Latina en el último decenio. Esta región se analiza en detalle; en términos globales, los ingresos se volvieron más igualitarios entre 2002 y 2014, debido fundamentalmente a la caída de la desigualdad dentro de los países. La desigualdad se ha reducido en la mayoría de ellos, aunque las últimas mediciones dan indicios de una detención en este proceso de descenso. Palabas claveCrecimiento económico, ingresos, distribución del ingreso, igualdad, medición, países desarrollados, países en desarrollo

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Distribution effects of the minimum wage in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay

Cited by 42 publications

References 19 publications

Changes in occupations and their task content: Implications for employment and inequality in Argentina, 2003–19

Changes in occupations and their task content: Implications for employment and inequality in Argentina, 2003–19

Social Structure and Distributive Policies under the PT Governments: A Poverty-Reducing Variety of Neoliberalism

¿Más o menos desiguales? Una revisión sobre la desigualdad de los ingresos a nivel global, regional y nacional

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