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The impact of age-specific minimum wages on youth employment and education : a regression discontinuity analysis
Dayıoğlu, Meltem; Kucukbayrak, Muserref; Tumen, Semih - 2021
We exploit an age-specific minimum wage rule-which sets a lower minimum wage for workers of age 15 than the adult minimum wage paid to workers of age 16 and above-and its abolition to estimate the causal effect of a minimum wage increase on youth employment and education in Turkey. Using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012659487
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The impact of age-specific minimum wages on youth employment and education: a regression discontinuity analysis
Dayıoğlu, Meltem; Kucukbayrak, Muserref; Tumen, Semih - 2020
We exploit an age-specific minimum wage rule - which sets a lower minimum wage for workers of age 15 than that for workers of age 16 and above in Turkey - and its abolition to estimate the causal effect of a minimum wage increase on youth employment and education. Using a regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389875
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Is a minimum wage an appropriate instrument for redistribution?
Gerritsen, Aart; Jacobs, Bas - 2014
calibration, a minimum wage decrease is shown to be part of a Pareto-improving policy reform for all countries under consideration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234542
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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985775
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The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants´ Employment and Earnings
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This study examines how minimum wage laws affect the employment and earnings of low-skilled immigrants and natives in the U.S. Minimum wage increases might have larger effects among low-skilled immigrants than among natives because, on average, immigrants earn less than natives due to lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859657
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Is a Minimum Wage an Appropriate Instrument for Redistribution?
Gerritsen, Aart; Jacobs, Bas - CESifo - 2014
calibration, a minimum wage decrease is shown to be part of a Pareto-improving policy reform for all countries under consideration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736741
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Is a Minimum Wage an Appropriate Instrument for Redistribution?
Gerritsen, Aart; Jacobs, Bas - 2014
calibration, a minimum wage decrease is shown to be part of a Pareto-improving policy reform for all countries under consideration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333378
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Agenda 2020: Strategies to Achieve Full Employment in Germany
Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
, further action is necessary. The IZA concept includes the following elements: (1) Education reform: Early childhood education … could be replaced by a graduate tax. (2) Welfare state reform: A consistent implementation of the principle of reciprocity … primarily as vouchers. (3) Job placement reform: The problem groups of the labor market need one-stop support tailored to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331435
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Agenda 2020 : strategies to achieve full employment in Germany
Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
question, further action is necessary. The IZA concept includes the following elements: (1) Education reform: Early childhood … tuition fees could be replaced by a graduate tax. (2) Welfare state reform: A consistent implementation of the principle of … primarily as vouchers. (3) Job placement reform: The problem groups of the labor market need one-stop support tailored to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003950583
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Endogenous indoctrination: occupational choice, the evolution of beliefs, and the political economy of reform
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
Much of the political economy analysis of reform focuses on the conflict of interest between groups that stand to gain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271321