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Did the national minimum wage affect UK prices?

Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2009

wage workers could pass on any resulting higher labour costs in the form of higher prices. This study looks at the effects … of the introduction and subsequent uprating of the minimum wage on the prices of UK goods and services, comparing the … prices of goods produced by industries in which UK minimum wage workers make up a substantial share of total costs with the …

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The inflation experience of low income households

Darmanin, Jude - 2021

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The case for a £15 hour minimum wage

Meadway, James; Reed, Howard - Progressive Economy Forum - 2022

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Financial fragility and macroeconomic performance : a comparison of emerging and highly developed countries

Zwet, Annemarie van der; Swank, Job - 2000

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Wage compression and the gender pay gap : wage-setting institutions narrow the gender pay gap but may reduce employment for some women

Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2015

There are large international differences in the gender pay gap. In some developed countries in 2010-2012, women were close to earnings parity with men, while in others large gaps remained. Since women and men have different average levels of education and experience and commonly work in...

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Stemming the tide : what have EU countries done to support low-wage workers in an era of downward wage pressures?

Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive - 2015

pressure on wages, especially of less skilled workers. This article focuses on trends in minimum wages, income taxes, and work …

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National minimum wage and employment of young workers in the UK

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D. - 2013

We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature found little evidence of an adverse impact of the NMW on the UK labor market. We focus on the age-related increases in the NMW at 18 and 22 years of age. Using regression...

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The parameters of a national minimum hourly wage

Askenazy, Philippe - 2014

Both academic and political debates over the minimum wage generally focus on the minimum wage rate. However, the minimum wage is a complex institution composed of a wide variety of parameters. In this note, I show that nominal rates provide a very crude picture of minimal compensation and of...

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Minimum wages : do they really hurt young people?

Galán, Sofía; Puente, Sergio - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 15 (2015) 1, pp. 299-328

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Monopsonistic competition, low-wage labour markets, and minimum wages : an empirical analysis

Bachmann, Ronald; Frings, Hanna - 2015

This paper investigates the degree of monopsony power of employers in different industries against the background of a statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a dynamic model of monopsonistic competition. The...

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