Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176962 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6943
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the effects of introducing a graduated minimum wage in a model with optimal income taxation in which a government seeks to maximize social welfare. It shows that the optimal graduated minimum wage increases social welfare by increasing the low-productivity workers’ consumption and bringing it closer to the first-best. The paper also describes how the graduated minimum wage in a social welfare optimum depends on important economy characteristics such as the government’s revenue needs, the social-welfare weight of low-productivity workers, and the numbers and productivities of the different types of workers.
Subjects: 
graduated minimum wage
optimal income taxation
social welfare
JEL: 
D60
H21
J30
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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