by minimum wages, without which we expect wage growth there would have resembled the weaker growth of the middle of the …

is that the decline in the gap is related to the overall decline in wage inequality, the rise in minimum wages, and more …

the real minimum wage for 16-19-year-old workers. We review the motivations for minimum wages and the changes and analyse … how they have affected workers outcomes. We find that the minimum wage now strongly determines the wages of teenage … minimum wage workers are broadly spread across the household income distribution, we conclude that minimum wages are largely …

by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages can change the inequality of the … wages in the 1980s and 1990s acted as a countervailing force to the unequalizing effect of globalization. Using annual data … on workers from the 1987-1997 household surveys, it is shown that changes in the legal minimum wages did indeed have an …

India over the last two decades. It then examines the role played by increasing minimum wages for the lowest skilled workers … in India in contributing to the observed decline. Exploiting regional variation in changes in minimum wages over time in … the country, we find that an increase in minimum wages by one per cent led to an increase in wages for workers in the …

adopted EU Commission's proposal for a Directive on adequate minimum wages was supported by a detailed analysis of the social … detectable also in market incomes. In turn, the withdrawal of social benefits because of higher minimum wages seems to neutralise …

the median wages, on wage inequalities in the OECD countries. Unlike the previous studies that focus on single countries …

normality. For the bottom earners, large income changes are driven equally by hours and wages which is consistent with …

normality. For the bottom earners, large income changes are driven equally by hours and wages which is consistent with …

dispersion of the earnings among the establishments where individuals work. It also shows that the divergence of establishment …