The Employment and Distributional Impacts of Nationwide Minimum Wage Changes Article Swipe
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Labour economics
Economics
Minimum wage
Wage
Giulia Giupponi
,
Robert Joyce
,
Attila Lindner
,
Tom Waters
,
Tom Wernham
,
Xiaowei Xu
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· 2024
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/728471
· OA: W4394595178
YOU?
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· 2024
· Open Access
·
· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/728471
· OA: W4394595178
We assess the impact of nationwide minimum wages on employment throughout the whole wage distribution by exploiting geographical variation in the level of wages. We find a substantial increase in wages at the bottom of the wage distribution, while we detect a small, statistically insignificant negative effect on employment. Combining the estimated change in the wage distribution with a tax and benefit microsimulation model, we show that the minimum wage generates considerable proportional income gains up to the middle of the household income distribution.
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