Has the minimum wage policy been important for reducing poverty in Brazil? A decomposition analysis for the period from 2002 to 2013 por Alessandra Scalioni Brito and Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky published by Economia (2019). “…Between 2002 and 2013, the minimum wage contributed to a 38.2% reduction in the proportion of impoverished people, a 39.4% reduction in the intensity of poverty and 40.6% decrease in the severity of poverty. Our results also reveal geographi, with the minimum wage being more important in the poorest regions.”
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