Lithuania. Our identification strategy leverages variation in workers’ exposure to the new minimum wage, and exploits the fact … negative effects on the employment prospects of low-wage workers. However, we provide suggestive evidence that young workers … or the presence of envelope wages appear to be associated with lower job losses. Taken together, our findings imply an …

China since its new minimum wage regulations in 2004 to estimate their impact on wages, wage spillovers, and employment. We … minimum wage increases raise the wages of otherwise low-wage workers by a little less than half (41%) of the minimum wage … significant but very small wage spillovers for those whose wages are just above the new minimum wage, but they are effectively …

reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them …

-educated workers. We find no evidence that the Campaign had a negative impact on the employment of full-time workers whose wages were … wages, the Campaign for Minimum Wages. To evaluate the impact of the Campaign, we use a regression discontinuity approach … than the minimum wage. The Campaign led to the largest increases in the wages of women, younger workers and less …

analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment … opportunity cost of employment. …

analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment … opportunity cost of employment. …