This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings …% increase in minimum wages lowers employment in the covered sector by 1.09% and decreases the average number of hours worked of … largest impact on the wages and employment of covered sector workers is in the lower half of the distribution. …

to adverse employment effects, we expect there are downside risks for youth and low skilled workers' employment. As …

This paper investigates the impact of minimum wages on employment and wages in Indonesian manufacturing firms between … 1993 and 2006. It shows that within firms, the employment effects of minimum wage hikes is negative. It finds significant …, negative employment effects of minimum wages among small firms and for non-production, less-educated and female workers. The …

-educated workers. We find no evidence that the Campaign had a negative impact on the employment of full-time workers whose wages were … increased. We find some weak evidence that the Campaign had a negative impact on the employment of part-time private sector …

Using nationally representative data on employment and earnings, this paper documents a fall in wage inequality in …