A idéia de que a formação de laços de cooperação e a organização em associações podem contribuir para a melhoria da qualidade de vida de populações pobres tem adquirido força entre teóricos e atores políticos. Parte deles argumenta que o Estado tem historicamente agido contra a possibilidade de organizações autônomas emergirem em comunidades de baixa renda, mas exemplos recentes mostram que atores estatais também podem incentivar e apoiar estas comunidades para que se auto-organizem, o que pode ser decisivo para que elas se desenvolvam em termos sociais e econômicos. A presente dissertação pretende estabelecer o quadro teórico e histórico no qual se insere um exemplo significativo de como o Estado pode, em parceria com setores organizados da sociedade civil, estimular a organização coletiva das parcelas mais pobres e menos organizadas da população, a fim de promover seu desenvolvimento. Este exemplo vem do programa Incubadora de Cooperativas, da Prefeitura Municipal de Santo André, município da região do Grande ABC, São Paulo. Os limites e possibilidades de uma política pública de fomento ao cooperativismo como estratégia de desenvolvimento são considerados com base em duas abordagens principais: de um lado, os debates sobre o papel de governos para o estímulo à participação dos cidadãos e sua organização em associações dentro de um quadro de redefinição das relações Estado-sociedade civil; de outro lado, o contexto de construção do que vem sendo chamado economia solidária, que aqui caracterizamos como uma diversidade de experiências coletivas de organização econômica, onde as pessoas se associam para produzir e reproduzir meios de vida segundo relações de reciprocidade, igualdade e democracia. Com base nos avanços, dificuldades e desafios do caso da Incubadora de Cooperativas de Santo André, procuramos refletir sobre o potencial apoio do Estado em relação às formas de economia solidária. / The idea that building cooperation ties and organising in associations may contribute to improve the quality of life of the poor has been growing among social scientists and political agents. Part of them argue that the state has historically worked against the possibility of autonomous organisation rise among poor communities, but recent cases have proved that state actors may also work in ways of fostering and helping organisation in these communities, what may be decisive to their development both in social and economic terms. This dissertation attempts to build the theoretical and historical frame for an interesting example of how state, along with organised groups of civil society, can foster collective organisation of poor and non-organised people in order to promote development: the Cooperatives Incubator, of the Municipality of Santo André, São Paulo, Brasil. Limits and possibilities of such a public policy as development strategy are considered according to two main approaches: the debates on the role of governments to promote civic participation and organisation, what is related to the redefinition of state-society relations; and, on the other hand, the building of what has been called solidarity economics, featured as a diversity of collective experiences of economic organisation, where people get together to produce and reproduce means of life according to relations of reciprocity, equality and democracy. Based on the progress, difficulties and challenges of the Cooperatives Incubator of Santo André, we try to point out reflections on the potential role of the state to support forms of solidarity economics.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-06-10T15:40:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 thaissalzerprocopio.pdf: 819205 bytes, checksum: 0d6d27ede0f335051be5a6bd2d2bd679 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-13T14:03:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 thaissalzerprocopio.pdf: 819205 bytes, checksum: 0d6d27ede0f335051be5a6bd2d2bd679 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-13T14:03:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 thaissalzerprocopio.pdf: 819205 bytes, checksum: 0d6d27ede0f335051be5a6bd2d2bd679 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-20 / A desigualdade salarial é um tema que assume papel relevante na busca pelo desenvolvimento dos países, sendo amplo o número de estudos acerca dos fatores geradores de tal desigualdade. Como determinantes mais comuns, aparecem as características dos indivíduos, das firmas e das regiões. A maior parte dos estudos encontrados na literatura acerca dos impactos de características dos empregadores nos diferenciais salariais entre trabalhadores, entretanto, focam em fatores físicos das firmas, como tamanho e setor. Há, em adição, outros fatores relacionados à estrutura financeira das empresas que também podem gerar efeitos salariais visto que a segurança financeira das firmas está diretamente relacionada ao bem estar de seus empregados. Visando compreender os efeitos da reestruturação financeira proporcionada pela abertura de capital das firmas nos salários dos trabalhadores, este estudo investigou (i) a existência de diferencial salarial decorrente da mobilidade de trabalhadores entre empresas de capital aberto e fechado e (ii) o impacto da mudança de status da firma de capital fechado para aberto (via IPO - Initial Public Offering) no diferencial de salários dos trabalhadores. Para tanto, utilizou-se um painel balanceado que interliga duas fontes de dados: Rais-Migra do MTE – Ministério de Trabalho e Emprego – e Economática, abrangendo os anos de 2002 a 2008.A estratégia metodológica utilizada no estudo envolveu a estimação dos diferenciais salariais com o controle da heterogeneidade nãoobservada via efeitos fixos dos trabalhadores. Foram realizados, ainda, testes de robustez para verificar a consistência dos resultados. Constatou-se que existe diferencial salarial entre trabalhadores favorável aos indivíduos que mudam de empresas de capital fechado para empresas de capital aberto. Este diferencial foi de cerca de 12% pelo método de MQO, mas, ao controlar os efeitos não observáveis dos indivíduos, o diferencial caiu para menos da metade(4%). Esta redução no diferencial de rendimentos atribuído à mudança entre firmas de capital fechado e aberto, decorrente do controle dos efeitos fixos, pode refletir uma maior habilidade não observada dos trabalhadores que mudam para empresas de capital aberto e que, pelo método de MQO, não era controlada. Além disso, verificou-se um efeito positivo de 2% gerado pela realização da abertura de capital nos salários dos trabalhadores, no ano da abertura. Isto mostra que, mesmo com a reestruturação financeira gerada pelo IPO (que, potencialmente, reduziria riscos pelo acesso a mais fontes de financiamento), o evento tem impacto positivo no salário de seus trabalhadores. Esse ganho salarial pode ser explicado pela reestruturação organizacional e de portfólio que a empresa precisará enfrenta ao abrir o capital. Esses resultados contribuem para o avanço no estudo da identificação dos determinantes dos diferenciais salariais, que é uma importante questão ainda em aberto na literatura econômica. / Wage inequality is a topic that assumes an important role in the quest for developing countries, with a large number of studies on the factors that generate social inequality. Characteristics of individuals, firms and regions are quoted as major determinants of such inequality. However, most studies found in the literature on the impacts of employers characteristics on wage differentials focus on physical factors of firms, such as size and sector. In addition, other factors that are related to the financial structure of firms may also generate wage effects since the financial security of firms is directly related to the welfare of its employees. To understand the effects of the financial restructuring provided by IPO firms on wage differentials, this study investigated the impact of IPO (Initial Public Offering) on workers wages. We also investigated the existence of differential income from labor mobility between public companies and non-public ones. For that, we used a balanced panel that connects two data sources: Rais Migra-MTE - Ministry of Labor and Employment - and Economática, covering the years 2002 to 2008.The strategy used in the study involved the estimation of wage differentials with the control of unobserved heterogeneity via fixed effects of workers. We used the methods of OLS, Random Effects, Fixed Effects and First Differences. Further tests were performed in order to verify the robustness and consistency of results. It was found that there is wage differential between workers in favor of individuals who change from non-public companies to publicly traded ones. This differential was about 13% by the method of OLS, but felt to less than half (6%) after controlling to unobservable effects of individuals. This reduction may reflect a greater ability of workers to move to public companies and that, by the method of OLS, was not controlled. In addition, there was a positive effect of 2% generated by the completion of the IPO in the wages of workers in the year of opening. This shows that even with the possible financial restructuring promoted by IPO (which, potentially, reduces risk by promoting access to other sources of capital), the event has a positive impact on the wages of their workers, which may be explained by organizational restructuring and portfolio that the company needs to undergo to go public. These results contribute to the advancement in the study of identifying the determinants of wage differentials, which is an important question still open in the economic literature.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-07-26T17:32:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 alexandremarcosmendesrabelo.pdf: 1370872 bytes, checksum: b5ed813c66807c69be241473602a367e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-27T11:30:47Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 alexandremarcosmendesrabelo.pdf: 1370872 bytes, checksum: b5ed813c66807c69be241473602a367e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T11:30:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 alexandremarcosmendesrabelo.pdf: 1370872 bytes, checksum: b5ed813c66807c69be241473602a367e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-24 / A preocupação com a qualificação da mão-de-obra e da formação de habilidades específicas vem sendo rotineiramente debatido, principalmente por países em desenvolvimento. Nesse contexto, muito se tem discutido sobre a educação técnica e profissional, seus modelos de implantação e quais impactos esperar de políticas de fomento a essa qualificação. Esse trabalho representa um esforço para sistematizar os efeitos de políticas para o Ensino profissional e tecnológico(EPT). Assim, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo construir um modelo de sinalização no mercado de trabalho para verificar os efeitos de políticas públicas que afetem o acesso a cursos de EPT. Mais especificamente, o modelo aqui desenvolvido parte da análise de parâmetros normalmente utilizados por políticas públicas, como concessão de bolsas de estudo, ampliação da oferta de vagas na rede pública e diminuição do custo de obtenção de crédito estudantil, busca-se como essas ações impactam nos ganhos salariais advindos da conclusão do EPT em comparação com quem cursou ensino superior e ensino médio. O principal resultado do modelo teórico diz respeito ao fato de que algumas políticas públicas que buscam ampliar o acesso ao ensino profissional, podem ter efeito reverso, aumentando a desigualdade salarial de quem cursa ensino técnico em relação a quem cursa ensino superior. Isso pode ser explicado devido ao enfraquecimento do ensino profissional como sinal do produtividade do trabalhador. Com o objetivo de verificar se isso ocorre empiricamente foi realizada uma estimação de uma equação de salários utilizando a metodologia de diferenças-em-diferenças com pareamento, a partir de dados da Pesquisa Mensal do Emprego (PME/IBGE). Encontram-se indícios que os resultados do modelo teóricos ocorrem no Brasil, principalmente no setor de serviços. / Concern about the qualifications of labor and training of specific skills has been routinely debated, especially by developing countries. In this context, much has been discussed about the technical and vocational education, their deployment models and which impacts expected policies and support to this skillset. This work represents an effort to systematize the effects of policies for professional and technological education (EPT). Thus, this work aims to build a signaling model in the labor market to check the effects of public policies that affect access to EPT courses.More specifically, the model here developed begin from the analysis of parameters typically used by public policies, such as the granting of scholarships, extending the offer of vacancies in the public network and lowering the cost of obtaining student loans,to seek as these actions have an impact on wage gains arising from the conclusion of the EPT in comparison with those who attended higher education and secondary education. The main result of the theoretical model is the fact that some public policies that seek to expand access to vocational education, can have the reverse effect, increasing wage inequality between vocational and college education. This is due to the weakening of vocational education as worker productivity signal. With the objective to verify if this occurs empirically was performed a pet of an equation of salary using the methodology of differences in differences with matching from data from the Monthly Employment Survey (PME / IBGE). It is evidence that the results of the theoretical model occur in Brazil, mainly in the service sector.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-01-06T11:35:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelpolitosiano.pdf: 2885148 bytes, checksum: c70d51ddada1645029a0837a22e0097d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-01-31T11:29:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelpolitosiano.pdf: 2885148 bytes, checksum: c70d51ddada1645029a0837a22e0097d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-31T11:29:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelpolitosiano.pdf: 2885148 bytes, checksum: c70d51ddada1645029a0837a22e0097d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-20 / As redes sociais (networks) dos indivíduos possibilitam que os mesmos realizem diversas interações com seus pares. Tais networks, bem como a posição que um indivíduo ocupa na mesma, são de grande importância para seu êxito profissional, e o impacto que as redes têm sobre o comportamento das firmas e dos trabalhadores motiva as investigações sobre as mesmas. O presente estudo busca a identificação das conexões existentes entre os indivíduos provenientes do mercado de trabalho brasileiro, bem como a identificação da medida de centralidade de alguns trabalhadores em suas respectivas networks. Com isso, faz-se possível a identificação da importância relativa que um agente possui frente a seus pares em sua rede através de uma nova medida de centralidade que leva em consideração o tempo de trabalho do indivíduo e de seus pares vinculados a mesma network. Mediante essa identificação, pode-se então relacionar tal fato a outras características individuais, tendo como principal foco a análise de como o grau de centralidade de um agente pode influenciar os rendimentos obtidos pelos indivíduos. A partir de dados do Relatório Anual de Informações Sociais (RAIS) para os anos de 2008 a 2013 advindos do Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego do governo brasileiro, os principais resultados obtidos indicam que a relevância de um trabalhador em sua rede, mensurada pelo índice de centralidade proposto neste estudo, é importante para explicar as diferenças salariais no mercado de trabalho. / Social networks of individuals enable them to perform various interactions with their peers. Such networks, as well as the position that an individual occupies on it, are of great importance to their professional success and the impact that networks have on the behavior of firms and workers motivates researches on this field. This study seeks to identify the connections between individuals from the Brazilian labor market, as well as the identification of the measure of centrality of some workers in their respective networks. Thus, it is possible to identify the relative importance that an agent has compared to their peers in his network through a new measure of centrality that takes into account the individual's working time and their peers linked to the same network. Through this identification, you can then relate this fact to other individual characteristics, focusing mainly on the analysis of the how the degree centrality of an agent can influence the income earned by individuals. From the Annual Social Information Report data (RAIS) for the years 2008 to 2013 arising from the Ministry of Labor and Employment of the Brazilian government, the main results indicates that the relevance of a worker in his network, measured by the centrality index proposed in this study, is important to explain the wage gap in the labor market.

Submitted by Felipe de Jesus Macedo Silveira (felsilveira@gmail.com) on 2013-04-10T15:27:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese v4 (2).pdf: 2596279 bytes, checksum: bfac96f01e02a26b8f7f9ac30080a3ec (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2013-04-25T11:32:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese v4 (2).pdf: 2596279 bytes, checksum: bfac96f01e02a26b8f7f9ac30080a3ec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-04-25T11:32:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese v4 (2).pdf: 2596279 bytes, checksum: bfac96f01e02a26b8f7f9ac30080a3ec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-29 / This paper investigates what happened with wage inequality in Brazil from 1981 to 2009. We used four observable characteristics: edcuation, experience, the economic activity that the individual works and the region where he lives. The e ects of these characteristics are estimated by RIF regressions. The advantage of this method is that we can divide distributional changes into a wage structure e ect and a composition e ect and further divide the two components into contribution of each explanatory variable. We nd that the wage inequality in Brazil declines signi cantly from the late 1990 and this is explained mainly by a change in the returns of education. / Esse trabalho analisa o que aconteceu com a desigualdade salarial no Brasil nos anos de 1981 a 2009. Procuramos descobrir o papel que as características observáveis e os retornos a essas desempenha nas alterações da distribuição salarial. Usamos quatro variáveis explicativas: educação, experiência, atividade econômica do trabalho e região geográ ca em que mora. A partir de RIF - regressions descobrimos o papel de cada uma dessas covariadas individualmente. Nossos resultados mostram que houve uma signi cativa queda da desigualdade salarial no Brasil a partir do nal da década de 1990, explicada principalmente por mudanças nos retornos das características.

Submitted by Gian Silva (gian.economista@gmail.com) on 2013-05-15T14:33:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 894008 bytes, checksum: 93448fceb6721e0f54e5d8264ec33587 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2013-05-15T20:03:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 894008 bytes, checksum: 93448fceb6721e0f54e5d8264ec33587 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-16T12:16:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 894008 bytes, checksum: 93448fceb6721e0f54e5d8264ec33587 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-01 / Este estudo buscou incluir mais um ponto de dados às evidências que se acumulam a partir do trabalho de Olivei e Tenreyro (2007, 2010), que encontrou evidências empíricas sobre a importância da rigidez dos salários nominais sobre os efeitos reais da política monetária, explorando a ligação entre os diferentes padrões dos reajustes salariais encontrados nos países e o comportamento do produto e dos preços diante de choques de política monetária. Para o Brasil, inovações na política monetária que ocorrem no segundo trimestre ou no quarto trimestre provocariam uma resposta mais intensa do PIB do ponto de vista da significância estatística. Por outro lado, os choques monetários que ocorrem no primeiro ou no terceiro trimestre são associados a reações do produto com pouca significância estatística. Para a inflação, não foram conseguidas respostas estatisticamente significantes para nenhum tipo de trimestre. Incentivado por informações concretas sobre o calendário dos reajustes salariais, que sugerem a redefinição de uma grande fração dos salários entre março e maio e entre outubro e novembro, propomos uma possível explicação para as respostas diferenciadas baseadas em alteração concentrada dos contratos dos salários. / The aim of this study was to add another data point to evidence that accumulates from the work of Olivei and Tenreyro (2007, 2010), who found empirical evidence about the importance of nominal wage rigidity on the real effects of monetary policy, exploring the links between different patterns of wage adjustments found in the countries and behavior of the output and prices after monetary policy shocks. For Brazil, monetary policy innovations that occur in the second quarter or in the fourth quarter would cause a more intense response from GDP statistically. In contrast, monetary shocks that occur in first or in third quarter are associated with little reaction from GDP statistically. For inflation, the responses were not statistically significant for any kind of quarter. Based on specific information about the timing of wage changes, suggesting a redefinition of a large fraction of wages between March and May and between October and November, we propose a possible explanation for the different responses based on concentrated modification of contractual wages.

The aim of this thesis „Motivation and Evaliation of Česká pošta Branch Office Employees“ is to develop a proposal to improve current incentive program and system for evaluating and rewarding employees. On the basis of recognized imperfections to suggest recommendations for the improvement the situation. The theoretical part focuses on explanation of the main terms of remuneration and work motivation. The practical part of the thesis, based on interviews, questionnaires and observations, concentrates on motivation of employees in a chosen company. At the end there are brought up problematical areas and proposed recommendations and ways to improve current situation in the company.

Dans la première partie, la thèse analyse l'effet de la législation relative à la protection de l'emploi sur les flux de travailleurs (embauches, licenciements, démissions, changements d'emploi) dans les pays de l'OCDE. Les résultats suggèrent qu'une régulation plus contraignante diminue le taux de réallocation au sein du même secteur et les transitions d'un emploi à un autre, en particulier vers des emplois permanents. En revanche, une régulation plus restrictive n'a pas d'effet significatif sur les séparations impliquant un changement de secteur ou une perte d'emploi. La possibilité de réintégration en cas de licenciement abusif semble être le déterminant le plus important.La deuxième partie contribue au débat sur le salaire minimum en Europe en apportant de nouvelles données sur les pays où les salaires sont fixés au niveau sectoriel en les comparant avec les pays où le salaire minimum est fixé au niveau national. Les résultats montrent que les systèmes avec des minima sectoriels sont associés à un salaire minimum relativement plus élevé que les systèmes dotés de salaire minimum national, mais cela va de pair avec davantage de travailleurs rémunérés en dessous des minima en vigueur.La troisième partie estime l'effet de la diversité sur la productivité et les salaires en Belgique et en France. Les résultats montrent que la diversité en termes d'années d'éducation est bénéfique pour la productivité et les salaires alors que la diversité d'âge est nuisible. Bien que la diversité de genre génère des gains importants dans les secteurs à forte intensité technologique, le résultat inverse est obtenu dans les industries plus traditionnelles ou dans les firmes non familiales. / In the first part it analyses the effect of employment protection legislation on worker flows, i.e. the rate of worker reallocation, in OECD countries. Findings suggest that the more restrictive the regulation, the smaller is the rate of within-industry job-to-job transitions, in particular towards permanent jobs. By contrast, it finds no significant effect as regards separations involving an industry change or leading to non-employment. The extent of reinstatement in the case of unfair dismissal appears to be the most important regulatory determinant.The second part revisits the debate on minimum wages in Europe bringing new evidence on systems without a statutory minimum wage and comparing them with countries with a statutory one. Results show that systems with bargained sectoral-level minima are associated with higher Kaitz indices than systems with statutory floors, but also with more individuals actually paid below prevailing minima. Higher collective bargaining coverage can to some extent reduce this trade-off between high wage floors and non-compliance or non-coverage. The third part brings some evidence on the effect of diversity on firm productivity and wages in Belgium and France. Findings show that educational diversity is beneficial for firm productivity and wages while age diversity is harmful. Gender diversity is found to generate significant gains in high-tech/knowledge-intensive sectors or in family firms, while a negative effect is found in more traditional industries or in non-family firms.

Cette thèse a pour thème central les liens entre les décisions de formation et de licenciement, ainsi que l'efficience économique de ces décisions. La formation est ici entendue comme formation spécifique à l'entreprise dont les salariés bénéficient au cours de leur vie professionnelle via leur employeur. Le premier chapitre évalue, à partir de données individuelles, les rendements de la formation en France, à la fois sur le plan de la mobilité (emploi-emploi et emploi-chômage) qu'en termes de gain salarial. Le deuxième chapitre examine comment une protection de l'emploi, différenciée selon l'âge des salariés, affecte la volonté des entrepreneurs de former leurs travailleurs. Le troisième chapitre met en évidence que les décisions de formation et de destruction d'emploi sont fortement complémentaires. Dès lors, des subventions à la formation ciblées par niveau de qualification et combinées à des taxes sur le licenciement (également ciblées par niveau de qualification) doivent être mises en place pour que ces décisions soient socialement optimales. Le quatrième chapitre analyse comment le risque de licenciement, différencié entre les travailleurs d'un même niveau de qualification selon leur niveau d'aptitude, peut être source d'inégalités salariales. Enfin, le dernier chapitre souligne que, face aux disparités salariales, de formation et de risque de licenciement entre les salariés d'un même niveau de qualification, les subventions à la formation et les taxes sur le licenciement, nécessaires à l'efficacité économique, devraient non seulement différer selon la catégorie socioprofessionnelle, mais également au sein de chacune. / This thesis consists of five essays on firm-specific training investments, job destruction and inefficiencies issues. Both the positive aspects of firm-specific training and job destructions and the normative implications are considered. From French panel data, Essay 1 brings evidence on the empirical effect of formal training on workers’ mobility on the labor market, as well as on wages. Essay 2 identifies the effect of an exogenous change in employment protection among older workers on firms’ incentives to provide training. In light of theoretical considerations, this seems to be an important concern since employment protection may have an age-differentiated impact due to its anticipation. Essay 3 shows how complementary firms’ firing and training decisions are. Therefore, we suggest that skill-directed training subsidies and firing taxes (skill-directed as well) should be implemented to reach the optimal allocation in an imperfect labor market. Essay 4 highlights the role of firms’ decisions about reservation productivity in the wage dispersion analysis. Finally, the framework in Essay 5 generates a wage distribution, transition rates from employment to unemployment and average training amounts per worker by wage interval at the same time. In particular, we show that workers with the same skill level are paid and trained differently and have different employment to unemployment transitions rates. Therefore, we suggest that training subsidies and firing taxes should not only be skill-directed, but should also differ within a skill group of workers.

The aim of the thesis is to analyse the relationship between the level of unemployment of selected groups of vulnerable persons on the labor market and the level of the statutory minimum wage. The theoretical part deals with the basic models of impact of the minimum wage on unemployment and presents several studies with similar objectives. In the analytical part, the use of graphical and correlation analysis examines the influence of the statutory minimum wage on the level of unemployment of vulnerable persons. The research was conducted for the period 1998-2016. Based on the results, the hypothesis is verified as "there exists a certain relationship between the level of unemployment and the statutory minimum wage". This hypothesis is confirmed for three of the six groups of vulnerable persons (people with disabilities, people below the age of 19, and people above the age of 50).