We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …

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 …

In 2002 we published a paper in which we used state space time series methods to analyse the teenage employment … teenage employment, at a time when some studies were casting doubt on the existence of such an effect. In this note we re … the teenage employment-population ratio over this 60 year period, and yields a consistently negative and statistically …