Minimum wage violations in Honduras

Artikel

This article studies minimum wage non-compliance in Honduras, a dual labor market with high wage floors that are weakly enforced. However, rather than just counting how many workers earn sub-minimum wages, it also estimates violation indices that measure compliance at the intensive margin. I first explore cross-sectional heterogeneity in violations using household survey data. Then, I quantify compliance adjustments to minimum wage hikes by comparing indices before and after a large unexpected increase. Results show substantial differences in non-compliance across industries, location, and coverage status. Violations worsen with rising minima, but less in in more compliant sectors.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor & Development ; ISSN: 2193-9020 ; Volume: 4 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 22 ; Pages: 1-19 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy ; Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets ; Economywide Country Studies: Latin America; Caribbean
• Thema: Minimum wages ; Compliance ; Violations ; Dual labor markets ; Honduras

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Ham, Andrés
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer
• (wo): Heidelberg
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40175-015-0045-3
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/152418
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ