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The Endogenous Determination of Minimum Wage
Minimum wage endogenous determination political culture public policy
2013/10/17
In this paper we study the endogenous determination of minimum wage employing a political-economic game-theoretic approach. A major objective of the paper is to clarify the crucial role of the strengt...
Lost in Transition? Minimum Wage Effects on German Construction Workers
minimum wage labour market flows difference-in-differences linked employer-employee
2012/10/23
Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we foc...
Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
Minimum wage informal sector Africa
2014/3/25
What happens when a previously uncovered labor market is regulated? We exploit the introduction of a minimum wage in South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law
to identify increases in w...
Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-Compliance and Informality
tax evasion minimum wage reform flat tax reform poverty informality
2012/10/18
We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non...
Minimum Wage Channels of Adjustment
minimum wages employment labor market adjustments labor market theories
2012/10/19
The economic impact of the 2007-2009 increases in the federal minimum wage (MW) is analyzed using a sample of quick-service restaurants in Georgia and Alabama. Store-level biweekly payroll records for...
Minimum Wage Increases Under Straightened Circumstances
minimum wages disemployment earnings low-wage sectors geographically-disparate employment trends recession
2012/10/22
Do apparently large minimum wage increases in an environment of recession produce clearer evidence of disemployment effects than is typically observed in the new minimum wage literature? This paper au...
This paper provides a theoretical analysis of optimal minimum wage policy in a perfectly competitive labor market and obtains two key results. First, we show that a binding minimum wage–while leading ...
Underreporting of Earnings and the Minimum Wage Spike
minimum wage spike underreporting lighthouse effect
2012/10/24
This paper documents a positive correlation within European labour markets between the proportion of full-time employees with earnings on the minimum wage and the extent of underreporting of earnings ...
DOES A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT?
interactions minimum wages policy variation Current Population Survey
2011/8/22
The authors estimate the effects of the interactions between the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and minimum wages on labor market outcomes. They use information on policy variation from the Departmen...
Wage Rigidity, Collective Bargaining and the Minimum Wage: Evidence from French Agreement Data
wage stickiness wage bargaining minimum wage downward nominal wage rigidity
2012/10/26
Using several unique data sets on wage agreements at both industry and firm levels in France, we document stylized facts on wage stickiness and the impact of wage-setting institutions on wage rigidity...
Do Frictions Matter in the Labor Market? Accessions, Separations and Minimum Wage Effects
minimum wage labor market flows monopsony Bayesian estimation
2012/10/26
We measure labor market frictions using a strategy that bridges design-based and structural approaches: estimating an equilibrium search model using reduced-form minimum wage elasticities identified f...
This paper examines the interaction between minimum wage legislation and tax evasion by employed labor. I develop a model in which firms and workers may agree to report less than the true amount of ea...
The New Zealand minimum wage rate has recently experienced a sustained period of growth that
looks set to continue under the current Labour-led government. Since 2002 the adult minimum
wage rate...
This article provides a descriptive portrait of the changing characteristics of workers in
New Zealand earning at or below the minimum wage in the last decade. With
substantial increases made to b...
The impact of the 2006 National Minimum Wage rise on employment
2006 National Minimum Wage rise employment
2009/11/3
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) has risen ahead of earnings since its introduction in 1999. In October 2006, with coverage at its highest level ever, the adult NMW increased by 5.9 per cent, to £...