This paper reports an analysis of the effect of changes in legislated minimum wages on negotiated wage increases, using micro data on Canadian labor contracts between 1966 and 1975. The analysis departs from previous studies in that it divides the sample data base into high- and low-wage...

This paper provides econometric evidence, based on 2,215 wage contracts signe d during the 1967-75 period, on the extent to which the tax increases attributable to the progressivity of the Canadian income tax system were forward shifted into higher wage settlements. Based on a wage de...