Dickens, Richard, Machin, Stephen 
ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701, Manning, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-7884-3580, Metcalf, David, Wadsworth, Jonathan and Woodland, Stephen
(1994)
The effect of minimum wages on UK agriculture.
CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP0204).
London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
Abstract
Since the abolition of the Wages Councils in September 1993, agriculture is the only sector in the UK economy covered by any form of minimum wage legislation. This paper investigates the impact of the system of minimum wages on the level and structure of earnings in agriculture and the level and structure of employment. On wages, our main conclusion is that the minimum wages set by the AWBs are important determinants of the average level and distribution of earnings in UK agriculture. On employment, our main conclusion is that there is no evidence that minimum wages have reduced the level of employment in agriculture. If anything, our estimates imply a weak positive impact of minimum wages on employment. There are no significant differences between men and women. At no point have we have found strong evidence of a negative effect of minimum wages on employment.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/series.asp?... |
| Additional Information: | © 1994 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Economics Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2013 11:48 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2024 13:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/51647 |
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