The Minimum Wage and Teenage Employment: A Reanalysis with Attention to Serial Correlation and Seasonality

Gary Solon

Journal of Human Resources, 1985, vol. 20, issue 2, 292-297

Abstract: We examine the effects of minimum wage legislation in Canada over the period 1975-93. For teenagers we find that a 10% increase in the minimum wage is associated with roughly a 2.5% decrease in employment. We also find that this result is driven by low ...

Date: 1985
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