Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/195028 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Economics [ISSN:] 2193-8997 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 6 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1-17
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a minimum wage to enhance the efficiency of the tax-and-transfer system in attaining this goal.
Subjects: 
Deserving poor
Minimum wage
Welfare
Redistribution
JEL: 
D6
H2
H5
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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