This study examines how minimum wage laws affect the employment and earnings of low-skilled immigrants and natives in …. Results based on data from the Current Population Survey for the years 1994-2005 do not indicate that minimum wages have … adverse employment effects among adult immigrants or natives who did not complete high school. However, low-skilled immigrants …

This paper empirically examines the impact of the 2001 New Zealand minimum wage reform on the employment of 16-17 and … wage reform on employment is estimated in two phases. First, existing New Zealand empirical evidence is reproduced using … effects on the employment of teenagers. However, findings must be interpreted with caution due to concerns with a key …

A recent paper by Meer and West argues that minimum wages reduce aggregate employment growth, and that this … relationship is masked by looking at employment levels. I also find a negative association between minimum wages and aggregate … employment growth using both the Business Dynamics Statistics and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages datasets, and it …