I consider the case for the minimum wage alongside (optimal) income taxes when workers differ in both wages and working …

homogenous workers can increase wages. Moreover, even though all workers are identical in terms of skills or productivity, profit …-maximizing discrimination equilibria exist. There, a group of majority workers are paid higher wages than a group of minority workers, who may … even be completely excluded. Minimum wages can reduce such discrimination and increase employment. We discuss how these …

in the supply of homogenous workers can increase wages. Second, even though all workers are identical in terms of skills … or productivity, a discrimination equilibrium exists in which a group of majority workers are paid higher wages than a … group of minority workers. Third, minimum wages can reduce such discrimination and increase employment. We discuss how these …

in the supply of homogenous workers can increase wages. Second, even though all workers are identical in terms of skills … or productivity, a discrimination equilibrium exists in which a group of majority workers are paid higher wages than a … group of minority workers. Third, minimum wages can reduce such discrimination and increase employment. We discuss how these …

We decompose the ethnic pay gap in Great Britain across the distribution of hourly wages, yielding a detailed insight …