IZA - Institute of Labor Economics DP No. 18234: Minimum Wages and Informality
December 02, 2025
December 02, 2025
BONN, Germany, Dec. 2 (TNSLrpt) -- IZA - Institute of Labor Economics issued the following discussion paper (No. 18234) in Oct. 2025 by Ellora Derenoncourt, Francois Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos and Claire Montialoux entitled "Minimum Wages and Informality."
Here is the abstract:
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How do minimum wages affect informality? We study the near-doubling of the real minimum wage from 2000 to 2009 in Brazil, where 46% of the workforce is informal. Using lab . . .
Here is the abstract:
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How do minimum wages affect informality? We study the near-doubling of the real minimum wage from 2000 to 2009 in Brazil, where 46% of the workforce is informal. Using lab . . .