Baker, Michael; Benjamin, Dwayne; Stanger, Shuchita - In: Journal of Labor Economics 17 (1999) 2, pp. 318-50
The authors examine the effects of minimum wage legislation in Canada over the period 1975-93. For teenagers we find that a 10 percent increase in the minimum wage is associated with roughly a 2.5 percent decrease in employment. They also find that this result is driven by low frequency...