minimum wages
Minimum wages and employment in China
... This paper is supported by “ the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ” Financial supports from International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada, the National Natural Science funds of China ...
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Training and minimum wages: first evidence from the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany
... statutory minimum wage, while sectoral-specific minimum wages and collective bargaining regimes are used in the remaining six countries (Schulten ...statutory minimum wage came into force on 1 ...
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More on recent evidence on the effects of minimum wages in the United States
... and wages, then bias from omitted unobservables at the family level is ...in minimum wages is more closely related to unmeasured variation in local low-skill labor markets than is the across-region ...
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The effects of minimum wages on employment: Theory and evidence from Britain
... Each Wages Council consisted of an equal number of employer and worker representatives, plus a maximum of three independent members (nominated by the government of the day) who had the casting vote if an agreement ...
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Employers and employees – on both sides of the ‘minimum wages’ barricade
... of minimum wages (mostly trade unions) consider them an important measure improving the standard of living of ...a minimum wage increases unemployment among low-skilled workers (2010; Manning, ...the ...
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Employment Effects of Minimum Wages in Inflexible Labor Markets
... of minimum wages and …xed costs of employ- ment limits the availability of short workweeks for women, and as a result can cause a shortage of part-time ...a minimum wage a¤ects employment among all ...
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Employment effects of minimum wages in Europe revisited
... setting minimum wages too high, as is the case in Belgium, France, Greece, and the ...actual minimum wages are very close to the turning point where the negative effect of a rise in the ...
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The Implementation of the National Minimum Wages in Malaysia
... Malaysian Government is really concerned to improve the circumstances of the working poor and unequal distribution of income. Since 1971, the government has implemented the New Economic Policy (NEP) with the aim of ...
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Fixing And Revision Of Minimum Wages In India
... put minimum wage at ...their minimum wage at Rs.18,000. Typically, the actual minimum wage is close to or less than ...of minimum wages in India where, it is the need of the hour due to ...
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Minimum wages, wage dispersion and unemployment in search models. A review
... of minimum wages on employment and realized wages under this frictional ...a minimum wage can even lead to a reduction of ...A minimum wage then restricts the monopsony power of firms ...
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Minimum Wages and Housing Rents: Theory and Evidence from Two Countries
... of minimum wage hikes unintentionally goes to owners of urban residential ...If minimum wage workers in urban areas spend a third of their budget on housing, around 2%-6% of increased earnings go to ...of ...
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Minimum wages in German industries—what does the evidence tell us so far?
... Hence minimum wages are detrimental in- sofar as low-productivity workers lose their ...a minimum wage have to be considered as highly unde- ...market minimum wages squeeze the firms’ ...
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The dog that barks doesn’t bite: coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy
... negotiated wages publicly and easily available (currently it is not at all the case) would help employers who are under- paying by mistake but also workers who may not push for the correct salary as they lack info ...
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Do Minimum Wages Affect Firms’ Labor and Capital? Evidence from Vietnam
... of minimum wage increases on firm outcomes using fixed- effects regression and panel data from Vietnam Enterprise Censuses during ...that minimum wages reduce firms’ labor size, albeit at a small ...
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Minimum Wages, Market Inflexibilities, and Female Employment in Select OECD Countries
... higher minimum wages in their teenage years have decreased labor market experience and tenure lower current labor supply due to lower wages and limited training and skill ...of minimum wage ...
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Do higher minimum wages benefit health? Evidence From the UK
... previous work in the field of health economics has shown that income inequality can be linked to health and overall well-being (Wagstaff and van Doorslaer, 2000; Lynch et al., 2004; Macinko et al., 2003; Subramanian and ...
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Minimum wages and youth employment: Evidence from the Finnish retail trade sector
... the minimum wage regulations for young ...the minimum wages of young workers aged below 25 were temporarily reduced, based on a union ...the minimum wages of workers younger than 25 ...
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Do company wage policies persist in the face of minimum wages?
... of minimum wages for particular groups in the labour ...real wages (such as hospitality, care homes, and personal services) are likely to be more affected (Machin and Wilson, 2003; Dickens and ...
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Social policies in Ecuador: the effects of minimum wages and cash transfers
... This paper differs from the two previous studies of Ecuador in two ways. First, I estimate the wage and employment effects of an increase in the intensity of enforcement of the NMW legislation. Second, I measure ...
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Measuring non compliance with minimum wages
... Minimum wages are widespread, particularly in high-income countries (HICs); 22 out of 28 EU countries (26 out of 34 OECD countries) had a statutory minimum wage in 2015, and most of the others had ...
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