rich data from Russia that cover 89 regions over 10 years, from 2001 to 2010. Our empirical analysis draws on the … minimum wage (captured by the Kaitz index) in a panel setting. We find that the minimum wage raises unemployment among young …

We take advantage of a natural experiment in the minimum wage setting in Russia to study the employment consequences of …

rich data from Russia that cover 89 regions over 10 years, from 2001 to 2010. Our empirical analysis draws on the … minimum wage (captured by the Kaitz index) in a panel setting. We find that the minimum wage raises unemployment among young …

We take advantage of a natural experiment in the minimum wage setting in Russia to study the employment consequences of …

We take advantage of a natural experiment in the minimum wage setting in Russia to study the employment consequences of …

data from Russia. The main strength of the paper is the use, for identification purposes, of the large variation in labor … the minimum wage on young workers in the form of higher unemployment among those aged 16-24. There are also signs that … minimum wage increases lead to higher unemployment in the general population, but the effect is small. Our analysis also …

We take advantage of a natural experiment in the minimum wage setting in Russia to study the employment consequences of …

labour market institutions (e.g. unemployment benefits, job security legislation and payroll taxes) have complementary … effects on unemployment; and thus (b) that policies aimed at reforming these institutions are also complementary. These policy …) is unlikely to achieve significant reductions in unemployment. Rather, labour market reform becomes particularly …

rich data from Russia that cover 89 regions over 10 years, from 2001 to 2010. Our empirical analysis draws on the … minimum wage (captured by the Kaitz index) in a panel setting. We find that the minimum wage raises unemployment among young …