On the peculiar relevance of a fundamental dilemma of minimum-wage regulation in post-socialism : apropos of an international investigation
Gábor R. István
To the extent minimum-wage regulation is effective in fighting against excessive earnings handicaps of those at the bottom of earnings distribution, it may have the side-effect of worsening their employment prospects. A demand-and-supply interpretation of data on the relative employment rate and earnings position of the least educated in the EU27 suggests that the resulting dilemma might be particularly relevant for minimum-wage policies in post-socialist countries. -- minimum wage ; employment ; earnings dispersion ; demand and supply of labour ; wage and employment discrimination
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2010
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Authors: | István, Gábor R. |
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Budapest : Labour Research Department, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Subject: | Mindestlohn | Minimum wage | Erwerbstätigkeit | Employment | Lohnpolitik | Wage policy | EU-Staaten | EU countries | Transformationsstaaten | Transition countries |
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