The Effects of Minimum Wage Increases in the Czech Republic

Jakub Grossmann

CERGE-EI Working Papers from The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague

Abstract: This paper analyzes employment effects of four minimum wage increases implemented in the Czech Republic during 2012-2017, which cumulatively increased the national minimum wage by 37 percent. We analyze outcomes at the level of firm-occupation-county-specific job cells and apply an intensity-treatment estimator similar to that of Machin et al. (2003). Our preferred specifications suggest that minimum wage increases led to higher wages for low-paid workers and did not have significant impacts on their employment.

Keywords: minimum wage; intensity treatment; job cells; Czech Republic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J38 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-01
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