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, without any employment losses. Minimum wage rates also increase the residual gender wage gap, which may be explained by weaker …This study examines how employment and wages for men and women respond to changes in the minimum wage in India, a … of India's National Sample Survey Organization employment survey data for the period 1983–2008 merged with a newly …
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model with demographic and firm productivity heterogeneity. The model replicates observed gender gaps in employment, hours … gender wage gap. At its 2022 level, the German minimum wage reduces the gender employment and hours gap due to an upward … penalty to address non-compliance. Based on our model, the minimum wage primarily reduces the gender income gap through the …
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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 …
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builds a model to analyze the role of minimum wages when employment is differentiated. It shows that first best and second … best minimum wages can increase employment and improve efficiency by reducing market power, at the expense of having firm … exit, higher concentration among employers, and less employment variety. As such, this article can provide insights on the …
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When Ecuador raised its monthly Unified Minimum Wage from $170 to $200 in 2008, it affected 35 percent of all private sector workers. We use this unexpected minimum wage hike under former president Rafael Correa to assess the labor market impacts of the minimum wage. We use an administrative...
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model with demographic and firm productivity heterogeneity. The model replicates observed gender gaps in employment, hours … gender wage gap. At its 2022 level, the German minimum wage reduces the gender employment and hours gap due to an upward … penalty to address non-compliance. Based on our model, the minimum wage primarily reduces the gender income gap through the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339162
model with demographic and firm productivity heterogeneity. The model replicates observed gender gaps in employment, hours … gender wage gap. At its 2022 level, the German minimum wage reduces the gender employment and hours gap due to an upward … penalty to address non-compliance. Based on our model, the minimum wage primarily reduces the gender income gap through the …
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sub-minimum workers as a group lost average earnings, hours and employment compared to other workers. The adverse … employment effect occurred both through a higher probability of transition from employment to non-employment and through a … decreased probability of transition from non-employment to employment. …
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This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in … employment. These decisions are strongly interrelated: Firms that increased prices relatively more often also showed a less … negative employment response. The relative importance of both adjustment margins is associated with product market competition …
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comparing county-industry trends between counties straddling state borders, female employment is lower by around 3.1% in …
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