Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263561 
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Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15345
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the impact of increasing minimum wage on employment by exploiting variation in the age-dependent National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the UK. We extend the Regression Discontinuity model to evaluate the procyclicality of employment effect and show that previous estimates may be biased due to failure to account for the local non-employment rate. Contrary to the existing literature, we report a positive employment elasticity after accounting for the effect of local labour market conditions. The results suggest that the positive employment effect of increasing minimum wage is strongly procyclical, i.e. is more pronounced in areas with low non-employment rates. Under an assumption that employers have no direct impact around the cut-off point, the results suggest that a higher minimum wage increases labour supply of young workers.
Subjects: 
minimum wage
macroeconomic fluctuation
regression discontinuity
age dependent
procyclicality
JEL: 
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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