Minimum Wage: Labour Market Consequences in the Czech Republic

Kamila Fialova and Martina Mysíková

No 2009/06, Working Papers IES from Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies

Abstract: This paper aims to quantify the impact of the minimum wage on labour market performance in the Czech Republic. Using regional data for 1995-2004, it estimates the effect of the minimum wage adjusted for regional wage differential on the regional unemployment. Consequently, using detail individual data from 2004/2005, we analyze the annual hikes in the minimum wage that allow us to estimate employment probabilities for workers with wage level at, or close to, the new minimum wage. The aim is to reveal whether the most endangered groups of workers exhibited significantly different employment probabilities. Our results reveal that the minimum wage has had a significant impact on increasing regional unemployment and reducing the employment probabilities of low-paid workers.

Keywords: minimum wage; employment probability; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J38 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2009-02, Revised 2009-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab, nep-mac and nep-tra
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