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dc.contributor.authorStrobl, Ericen
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Frank A.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-24-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:30:54Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:30:54Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20080825208en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34937-
dc.description.abstractWe model a competitive labour market where firms choose combinations of workers and hours per worker to produce output. If one assumes that the scale of production has no impact on hours per worker, then the change in the number of workers and hours per worker resulting from a minimum wage are inversely related. We demonstrate that total hours worked at the firm may rise for plausible parameter values if there are small fixed costs to hiring workers. Thus, in contrast to the conventional view, we show that the effect of minimum wages on employment is ambiguous.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3643en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMinimum wagesen
dc.subject.keywordhoursen
dc.subject.keywordemploymenten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarkten
dc.subject.stwMindestlohnen
dc.subject.stwArbeitszeiten
dc.subject.stwArbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwPersonalkostenen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleThe ambiguous effect of minimum wages on workers and total hours-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn577674854en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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