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 studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in … Germany. In line with previous studies, the estimated employment effect is only modestly negative and statistically …

employment came undone; on balance, however, the recent estimates seem if anything smaller than those suggested by the earlier … clearer with the declining real minimum wage in the 1980s; nevertheless, the ability of minimum wages to equalize the …

-through appears to be key for explaining employment effects of minimum wages …This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in … employment. These decisions are strongly interrelated: Firms that increased prices relatively more often also showed a less …