Dickens, Richard, Machin, Stephen 
ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701 and Manning, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-7884-3580
(1999)
The effect of minimum wages on employment: theory and evidence from Britain.
Journal of Labor Economics, 17 (1).
pp. 1-23.
ISSN 0734-306X
Abstract
Recent work on the economic effects of minimum wages has stressed that the standard economic model, where increases in minimum wages depress employment, is not supported by empirical work in some labor markets. We present a general theoretical model whereby employers have some degree of monopsony power, which allows minimum wages to have the conventional negative impact on employment but which also allows for a neutral or positive impact. Studying the industry‐based British Wages Councils between 1975 and 1992, we find that minimum wages significantly compress the distribution of earnings but do not have a negative impact on employment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jole/ |
| Additional Information: | © 1999 University of Chicago Press |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance Economics |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| JEL classification: | J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J30 - General |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2008 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2024 02:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/5959 |
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