Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust
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Resumo: | Since late 2014, Portuguese Governments adopted ambitious minimum wage policies. Using linked employer-employee data, we provide an econometric evaluation of the impact of those policies. Our estimates suggest that minimum wage increases reduced employment growth and profitability, in particular for financially distressed firms. We also conclude that minimum wage increases had a positive impact on firms’ exit, again amplified for financially distressed firms. According to these results, minimum wage policies may have had a supply side effect by accelerating the exit of low profitability and low productivity firms and, thus, contributing to improve aggregate productivity through a cleansing effect. |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dustminimum wagefinancially distressed firmsproductivitySince late 2014, Portuguese Governments adopted ambitious minimum wage policies. Using linked employer-employee data, we provide an econometric evaluation of the impact of those policies. Our estimates suggest that minimum wage increases reduced employment growth and profitability, in particular for financially distressed firms. We also conclude that minimum wage increases had a positive impact on firms’ exit, again amplified for financially distressed firms. According to these results, minimum wage policies may have had a supply side effect by accelerating the exit of low profitability and low productivity firms and, thus, contributing to improve aggregate productivity through a cleansing effect.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE)Universidade do MinhoAlexandre, FernandoBação, PedroCerejeira, JoãoCosta, Hélder Alberto SilvaPortela, Miguel20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/66110enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:44:58Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/66110Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:42:45.631234Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust |
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Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: another one bites the dust |
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Alexandre, Fernando |
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Alexandre, Fernando Bação, Pedro Cerejeira, João Costa, Hélder Alberto Silva Portela, Miguel |
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Bação, Pedro Cerejeira, João Costa, Hélder Alberto Silva Portela, Miguel |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Alexandre, Fernando Bação, Pedro Cerejeira, João Costa, Hélder Alberto Silva Portela, Miguel |
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minimum wage financially distressed firms productivity |
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minimum wage financially distressed firms productivity |
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Since late 2014, Portuguese Governments adopted ambitious minimum wage policies. Using linked employer-employee data, we provide an econometric evaluation of the impact of those policies. Our estimates suggest that minimum wage increases reduced employment growth and profitability, in particular for financially distressed firms. We also conclude that minimum wage increases had a positive impact on firms’ exit, again amplified for financially distressed firms. According to these results, minimum wage policies may have had a supply side effect by accelerating the exit of low profitability and low productivity firms and, thus, contributing to improve aggregate productivity through a cleansing effect. |
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