abstract: 'There is a vast literature that estimates the effect of the minimum wage

  on wage inequality in various countries. However, as the minimum wage

  directly affects nonlabor income of families in some countries (in the

  Brazilian case via the benefits of the pension system and of certain

  social programs), this article extends the empirical analysis by

  studying the effects of the minimum wage on the level of inequality of

  household income as a whole. To accomplish that we employ a

  decomposition method that gauges the contribution of the increases in

  the minimum wage that occurred in recent decades in Brazil through the

  labor and nonlabor sources of household income. The results show that

  the minimum wage had a contribution of 64 percent to the observed fall

  in income inequality between 1995 and 2014 and that pensions were the

  most relevant channel over this period.'
affiliation: 'Brito, A (Corresponding Author), IBGE, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

  Brito, Alessandra, IBGE, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

  Foguel, Miguel, IPEA, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

  Kerstenetzky, Celia, Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Econ Inst, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.'
author: Brito, Alessandra and Foguel, Miguel and Kerstenetzky, Celia
author_list:
- family: Brito
  given: Alessandra
- family: Foguel
  given: Miguel
- family: Kerstenetzky
  given: Celia
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/01603477.2017.1333436
eissn: 1557-7821
files: []
issn: 0160-3477
journal: JOURNAL OF POST KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS
keywords: 'Decomposition; inequality; labor and nonlabor income; minimum wage;

  pensions'
keywords-plus: 'FAST-FOOD INDUSTRY; JOB SEARCH; NEW-JERSEY; EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

  ECONOMICS; IMPACT; PENNSYLVANIA; MEXICO; STATE'
language: English
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '75'
orcid-numbers: Foguel, Miguel/0000-0003-4931-3676
pages: 540-575
papis_id: b77075ff5db7f307b92ec5d976a77a34
ref: Brito2017contributionminimum
times-cited: '8'
title: 'The contribution of minimum wage valorization policy to the decline in household
  income inequality in Brazil: A decomposition approach'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000423094600005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '40'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2017'