Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/219987 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 577
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
We study the effects of labor market policies using a bargaining model featuring compensating differentials (Rosen, 1986) and self-selection (Roy, 1951). The framework allows us to create a taxonomy of formal and informal employment. We use the model to estimate the effects of the minimum wage for the Brazilian economy using the "PNAD" dataset for the years 2001-2005. Our results suggest that, although the minimum wage generates unemployment and reallocation of labor to the informal sector, the policy might be desirable if the employment losses are concentrated in jobs characterized by low surplus.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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