This paper investigates wage disparities across sub-national labour markets in Britain using anewly available microdata … set. The findings show that wage disparity across areas is verypersistent over time. While area effects play a role in … this wage disparity, most of it is due toindividual characteristics (sorting). Area effects contribute a very small …

the minimum wage, including wages, hours, employment, and ultimately labor income, representing the central margins of … adjustment that impact the economic well-being of workers potentially affected by minimum wage increases. The evidence indicates … that workers initially earning near the minimum wage are adversely affected by minimum wage increases, while, not …