Minimum Wages and Earnings Inequality in Urban Mexico

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Labor Market Regulations: What Do We Know About Their Impacts in Developing Countries? (2014, background): “One exception is a study by Bosch and Manacorda (2010), who ﬁnd that the steep decline in the real minimum wage accounted for a substantial part of the growth in inequality in urban Mexico between 1989 and 2001.”
How Does Decentralized Minimum Wage Setting Affect Employment and Informality? The Case of Indonesia (2011, background): “Bosch and Manacorda (2010) find no effect for the overall employment rate, although some workers who had previously been employed in the informal sector are shown to find jobs in the formal sector.”
The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wages, Work and Poverty in Nicaragua (2011, unknown): “Cunningham W, Siga L. Wage and employment effects of minimum wages on vulnerable groups in the labor market: Brazil and Mexico.”
Declining inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: the cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico (2012, methodology): “In addition to changes in the returns to education, Bosch and Manacorda (2010) found that the deterioration of the minimum wage in Mexico’s urban areas is responsible for rise in inequality during the 1980s. 32 For definition of the paradox of progress see above and also Bourguingon et al (2005). 33”