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Why minimum wage increases are a poor way to help the working poor

Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2014

Minimum wage increases are not a very effective mechanism for reducing poverty. They are not related to decreases in … poverty rates. They can cost some low-income workers their jobs. And most minimum wage earners who gain from a higher minimum … wage do not live in poor (or near-poor) families. A better tool for reducing poverty, and at lower cost, is the earned …

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Employment and distribution effects of the mnimum wage

Slonimczyk, Fabián; Skott, Peter - 2012

This paper analyzes the effects of the minimum wage on wage inequality, relative employment and over-education. We show that over-education can be generated endogenously and that an increase in the minimum wage can raise both total and low-skill employment, and produce a fall in inequality....

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Employment and distribution effects of the minimum wage

Slonimczyk, Fabian; Skott, Peter - 2010

Using an efficiency wage model we show that over-education can be generated endogenously and that an increase in the minimum wage can raise both total and low-skill employment, and produce a fall in inequality. Evidence from the US suggests that these theoretical results are empirically...

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Setting the minimum wage

Boeri, Tito - 2009

-tuning of the minimum wage, hence in the way in which the trade-off between reducing poverty among working people and shutting …

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Monopsonistic competition, low-wage labour markets, and minimum wages: An empirical analysis

Bachmann, Ronald; Frings, Hanna - 2015

Monopsonmacht deutscher Arbeitgeber. Im Gegensatz zu einer Situation des vollkommenen Wettbewerbs, führt ein bindender Mindestlohn …

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Welfare to Work in the United Kingdom

Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 2, pp. 56-62

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Labor Market Concentration and Competition Policy across the Atlantic

Araki, Satoshi; Bassanini, Andrea; Green, Andrew; … - 2022

Drawing upon data from the largest cross-country study of labor market concentration to date, this paper analyzes the level of concentration of labor input markets in Europe and North America and provides a comparative perspective on employers' monopsony power. It explores the characteristics of...

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Non-compete Agreements in a Rigid Labour Market: The Case of Italy

Boeri, Tito; Garnero, Andrea; Luisetto, Lorenzo Giovanni - 2023

Non-compete clauses (NCCs) limiting the mobility of workers have been found to be rather widespread in the US, a flexible labour market with large turnover rates and a limited coverage of collective bargaining. This paper explores the presence of such arrangements in a rigid labour market, with...

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Labour Market Dualism and the Heterogeneous Wage Gap for Temporary Employment. A Multilevel Study across 30 Countries

Fauser, Sophia; Gebel, Michael - 2023

This study investigates the hourly wage gap between 25-55 year old temporary and permanent employees across 30 countries worldwide based on Luxembourg Income Study data from 2000-2019 supplemented by other survey data. Two-stage multilevel regressions reveal wage disadvantages for temporary...

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Empirical Labor Search: A Survey

Eckstein, Zvi; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2003

This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...

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