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minimum-wage increase raises involuntary unemployment, but also raises skill formation as some individuals avoid unemployment …. A minimum wage is an appropriate instrument for redistribution if and only if the public revenue gains from additional … skill formation outweigh both the public revenue losses from additional unemployment and the utility losses of inefficient …
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I consider the case for the minimum wage alongside (optimal) income taxes when workers differ in both wages and working hours, such that a given level of income corresponds to multiple wage rates. The minimum wage is directly targeted at the lowest-wage workers, while income taxes are at most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014414309
I consider the case for the minimum wage alongside (optimal) income taxes when workers differ in both wages and working hours, such that a given level of income corresponds to multiple wage rates. The minimum wage is directly targeted at the lowest-wage workers, while income taxes are at most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014390442
minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …
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minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736741
minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059059
Using a search model, I derive formula that links the welfare gains from the minimum wage to its effect on low-skilled labor force participation and employment. This formula shows that the minimum wage is welfare improving if pushing the low-skilled labor market tightness downwards brings it...
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Using a search model, I derive formula that links the welfare gains from the minimum wage to its effect on low-skilled labor force participation and employment. This formula shows that the minimum wage is welfare improving if pushing the low-skilled labor market tightness downwards brings it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929110
minimum-wage increase raises involuntary unemployment, but also raises skill formation as some individuals avoid unemployment …. A minimum wage is an appropriate instrument for redistribution if and only if the public revenue gains from additional … skill formation outweigh both the public revenue losses from additional unemployment and the utility losses of inefficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979059
wages with theory. However, systematic evidence for themonopsony argument is scarce. In this paper, I perform a … comprehensive test of monop-sony theory by using labor market concentration as a proxy for monopsony power. Labormarket …
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