This work assesses the impact of the minimum wage on youth employment, unemployment and education enrolment in Spain …. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we take advantage of the fact that the minimum wage for people aged 16 and 17 … years old, which was approximately two thirds the level of the standard minimum wage, was raised to reach full convergence …

variety of objectives including skills training, temporary subsidized employment, and mentoring. WorkFirst’s objective is to … pressure on wage rates, which then in turn reduces welfare dependency. We analyze the working decision as it is related to …