effects are sensitive to measurement errors in wages, the representativeness of the sample with respect to several types of …

in the US for several years, who are more likely to move in response to higher minimum wages, and by new immigrants, who …

During a global shock two forces act upon international remittances in opposite directions: income losses among …

wage bin throughout the monthly wage distribution. We find that, after one month, wages increased by 17 to 37 percent for …

as well as in terms of their implications for wages and employment. Our findings based on the 1998/99 labor force data … - the last labor force survey available - indicate that minimum wages, which, in principle, apply to all salaried employees … specifically, our results suggest that (i) compliance rates were higher in occupations other than agriculture, (ii) minimum wages …

context is the United Kingdom where government mandated an unexpected change in the structure of minimum wages and their … higher minimum wage for those aged 25 and above significantly affected wages, but at the same time with little evidence of … adverse employment effects, nor firm closure. Rather the margin of adjustment used to offset the sizable wage cost shock was a …

. Results based on data from the Current Population Survey for the years 1994-2005 do not indicate that minimum wages have …