Borradores de Economia
Número:
280
Publicado:
Clasificación JEL:
O15, J31, J42
Palabras clave:
Minimum wage, Income Distribution, income inequality, public policy
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Alejandro Ome, Laura Giles Álvarez, Gerson Javier Pérez-Valbuena, Cristhian Larrahondo
This paper exploits the long history of the minimum wage in a relatively stable developing economy like Colombia in order to see whether it may alleviate the living conditions of low income families and reduce income inequality. The paper does not only ex