Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108453 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market No. BWP - 2010/6
Publisher: 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Budapest
Abstract: 
To the extent minimum-wage regulation is effective in fighting against excessive earnings handicaps of those at the bottom of earnings distribution, it may have the side-effect of worsening their employment prospects. A demand-and-supply interpretation of data on the relative employment rate and earnings position of the least educated in the EU27 suggests that the resulting dilemma might be particularly relevant for minimum-wage policies in post-socialist countries.
Subjects: 
minimum wage
employment
earnings dispersion
demand and supply of labour
wage and employment discrimination
JEL: 
J21
J23
J31
J38
J71
ISBN: 
978-615-5024-19-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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