The effects of minimum wage legislation on the employment and wage rates of youth are estimated using a new statistical … approach. We find that without the minimum, not only would the percent of out-of-school youth who are employed be 4 to 6 … percent higher than it is, but also that these youth would earn more. In particular, the expected hourly earnings of youth …

This paper performs a cross-country level analysis on the impact of the level of specific youth minimum wages on the … labor market performance of young individuals. We use information on the use and level of youth minimum wages, as compared … wages for all age groups, and countries with separate youth and adult minimum wages. Our results indicate that the relative …