Lowering wage inequality with the minimum wage increase in Slovenia

Suzana Laporšek, Milan Vodopivec and Matija Vodopivec
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International Journal of Sustainable Economy, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 306-321

Abstract: The paper analyses the development of wage inequality in Slovenia after a 22.9% increase in the minimum wage in 2010. The analysis is based on individual-level data, covering all workers and firms in Slovenia over the 2005-2015 period. The descriptive findings show that with the minimum wage increase, wage inequality in Slovenia lowered. The effect was stronger for women, young and less-educated or low-occupations workers, which are characterised to be most affected by the minimum wage policy. Further, results also show that a decline in wage inequality was higher among workers employed in small and unincorporated firms and those working in market services.

Keywords: minimum wage; wage inequality; interdecile ratios; Gini coefficient; Slovenia. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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