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The Influence of Labour Market Institutions on the Disemployment Effects of the Minimum Wage

Neumark, David; Wascher, William - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 2, pp. 40-47

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Changes in labour market conditions and policies: Their impact on wage inequality during the last decade

Keifman, Saúl N.; Maurizio, Roxana - 2012

Labour market incomes have been a major contributor to the important fall in inequality in Latin America during the 2000s. Indeed, it was the main contributor in countries where inequality fell more dramatically. A proper understanding of the workings of the labour market is necessary to...

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Minimum wages and firm profitability

Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - 2006

Although there is a large literature on the economic effects of minimum wages on labour market outcomes (especially employment), there is hardly any evidence on their impact on firm performance. This is surprising: minimum wages appear to have a significant impact on wages, but only a limited...

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Behind the lighthouse effect

Boeri, Tito; Garibaldi, Pietro; Ribeiro, Marta - 2010

A large body of empirical literature indicates that, contrary to predictions from economic theory, wages in the informal sector increase after any minimum wage hike. This phenomenon was so far explained as a byproduct of a signal conveyed by statutory minimum wages to wage setting in the...

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Minimum Wage Effects in the Longer Run

Neumark, David; Nizalova, Olena Y. - 2004

Exposure to minimum wages at young ages may lead to longer-run effects. Among the possible adverse longer-run effects are decreased labor market experience and accumulation of tenure, lower current labor supply because of lower wages, and diminished training and skill acquisition. Beneficial...

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Lost in transition? Minimum wage effects on German construction workers

Bachmann, Ronald; König, Marion; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012

Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...

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Minimum wage: Labour market consequences in the Czech Republic

Fialová, Kamila; Mysíková, Martina - 2009

This paper aims to quantify the impact of the minimum wage on labour market performance in the Czech Republic. Using regional data for 1995-2004, it estimates the effect of the minimum wage adjusted for regional wage differential on the regional unemployment. Consequently, using detail...

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Anmerkungen zum Monopson am Arbeitsmarkt: Der Zeithorizont macht den Unterschied

Sell, Friedrich L.; Reinisch, David C. - 2012

Ob die Marktform des Monopsons am Arbeitsmarkt vorliegt, ist fur die Frage des Für oder Wider des Mindestlohns von … Strukturen am Arbeitsmarkt nachgewiesen werden, die Einführung eines Mindestlohns nicht nur zu einer exogenen Lohnerhöhung für … gilt fur den Unternehmer mit Marktmacht am Arbeitsmarkt genau dasselbe, was auch fur alle anderen Unternehmer ohne …

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In the shadow of the labour market

Ognedal, Tone - 2012

Why do not people evade more taxes when their gain from evasion is higher than the expected penalties? Why does only a small minority evade when a large majority is willing to? These tax evasion puzzles are explained in a labour market framework where employees may combine reported work in firms...

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Overcoming the inactivity trap in Spain: The work incentive reform of the Ingreso Mínimo Vital

del Valle-Inclán Cruces, Hugo; Hernández, Adrian; … - 2024

The Ingreso Mínimo Vital (Minimum Vital Income), Spain's nationwide minimum income scheme introduced in 2020, offers beneficiaries a unique national guaranteed income as a last-resort benefit. However, the scheme's design featured a lack of work incentives for low earners, potentially leading...

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