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Employment and Distribution Effects of the Minimum Wage
Economics Department Working Paper Series
Working Paper Number
2010-03
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
This paper analyzes the effects of the minimum wage on wage inequality, relative employment and over-education. Using an effciency wage model we show that over-education can be generated endogenously and that an increase in the minimum wage can raise both total and low-skill employment, and produce a fall in inequality. Evidence from the US suggests that these theoretical results are empirically relevant. The over-education rate has been increasing and our regression analysis suggests that the decrease in the minimum wage may have led to a deterioration of the employment and relative wage of low-skill workers.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/1297559
Citation Information
Fabian Slonimczyk and Peter Skott. "Employment and Distribution Effects of the Minimum Wage" (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/peter_skott/19/