How do firms respond to minimum wage increases? understanding the relevance of non-employment margins

J Clemens - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021 - aeaweb.org
This paper discusses non-employment margins through which firms may respond to
minimum wage increases. Margins of interest include evasion, output prices, noncash …

Minimum wages in the 21st century

A Dube, A Lindner - Handbook of Labor Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
This chapter surveys the literature on the impact of minimum wages on low-wage labor
markets. We describe and critically review the empirical methods in the new minimum wage …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding “Wage Theft”: Evasion and avoidance responses to minimum wage increases

J Clemens, MR Strain - Labour Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents strong evidence that minimum wage increases lead to a greater
prevalence of subminimum wage payment. Using the Current Population Survey, we …

[HTML][HTML] What we pay in the shadows: Labor tax evasion, minimum wage hike and employment

N Gavoille, A Zasova - Journal of Public Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
The interactions between minimum wage policy and tax evasion remain largely unknown.
We study the firm-level employment effects of a large and biting minimum wage increase in …

Wage and employment impact of minimum wage: evidence from Lithuania

J Garcia-Louzao, L Tarasonis - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the worker-level effects of a historically large and permanent increase
in the minimum wage in Lithuania. Our identification strategy leverages variation in workers' …

Does Wage Theft Vary by Demographic Group? Evidence from Minimum Wage Increases

J Clemens, MR Strain - 2023 - nber.org
ABSTRACT Using Current Population Survey data, we assess whether and to what extent
the burden of wage theft—wage payments below the statutory minimum wage—falls …

Shaping minimum wages in Central and Eastern Europe: Giving up collective bargaining in favour of legal regulation?

M Kahancová, V Kirov - Minimum Wage Regimes, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Acknowledging the diverse mechanisms of minimum wage setting in Central and Eastern
European countries, this chapter explores and analyses minimum wage negotiations from …

[PDF][PDF] The new political economy of wage formation: Party-political preferences, growth models and EU preferences

J Cova - 2023 - opus4.kobv.de
Wage formation in Europe has undergone considerable changes over the past decades. In
particular, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the Eurozone crisis have significantly …

The redistributive effects of a minimum wage increase in New Zealand: A microsimulation analysis

N Alinaghi, J Creedy, N Gemmell - Australian Economic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the potential effects on inequality and poverty of a minimum wage
increase, based on a microsimulation model that captures the details of household …

The heterogeneous regional effects of minimum wages in Poland

M Albinowski, P Lewandowski - Economics of Transition and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluate the impact of large minimum wage hikes on employment and wage growth in
Poland between 2004 and 2018. We estimate panel data models utilizing the considerable …