Minimum wage is an important redistributive tool and an important element of the employment strategies and social … policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality. Even though the social dimension of the minimum wage concept is … consequently, firms' profitability and performance. This research paper aims to investigate the economic impact of minimum wage …

differences and changes in statutory minimum wage. The results suggest that individual-level characteristics play an important … role in making a transition into or out of unemployment. Changes in the real minimum wage are estimated to have either a …-crisis, crisis, recovery). The results have important policy implications. Given that the disemployment effect of the minimum wage …

There is a large literature on the minimum wage focused on directly exposed firms and geographies. This paper provides … new evidence that the minimum wage has significant spillover effects on firms exposed to the minimum wage indirectly via … agricultural minimum wage hike in 2013 on the outcomes of firms downstream from the agriculture sector with an event study design …

This paper analyses the first-round effects of hypothetical minimum wage increases on social outcomes in 21 EU … countries with a statutory national minimum wage based on a microsimulation approach using EUROMOD. The methodological … challenges. The paper assesses hypothetical scenarios in which countries with a statutory national minimum wage increase their …

This paper investigates the impact of the minimum wage on individuals' schooling decisions and the type of human … capital acquired by students. Using Canadian longitudinal data, we explore 136 minimum wage amendments across provincial … jurisdictions, and find three novel results. First, the minimum wage affects both the quantity and the type of human capital …