This paper studies how minimum wage policies affect firm employment in China using a unique county level minimum wage … or large profit margin increase employment, while those with low wages or small profit margin downsize. The increase in … the monopsony rent of firms.Our results provide evidence for the theoretical predictions of the positive minimum wage-employment …

find significant effects from minimum wages on employment and monthly wages. However, we find a considerable negative …

Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality …

We study the causal impact of the minimum wage on employment and welfare in Thailand using a difference …

per week. We found a corresponding increase in part-time employment of 2 percentage points for all minimum wage workers …

as employment and working hours, earnings and wage inequality, dependent and self-employment, as well as reservation … following conclusions can be drawn: while hourly wages increased for low-wage earners, some small negative employment effects …

, without reducing relative employment in low‐wage regions within the first two years. …

cases on wages, employment and the receipt of public welfare benefits. Average wages are raised by the minimum wage in East … Germany, but there is almost no evidence for employment effects. The results also show that the wage effect is quickly undone …