The Combined Employment Effects of Minimum Wages and Labor Market Regulation: A Meta-Analysis

Bernhard Boockmann ()

No 4983, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper provides a meta-analysis of 55 empirical studies estimating the employment effects of minimum wages in 15 industrial countries. It strongly confirms the notion that the effects of minimum wages are heterogeneous between countries. As possible sources of heterogeneity, it considers the benefit replacement ratio, employment protection and the collective bargaining system. While the results are in line with theoretical expectations, the degree to which they are robust differs across these institutions.

Keywords: meta-analysis; employment; regulation; minimum wage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 J20 J38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2010-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab and nep-reg
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Published - published in: Applied Economic Quarterly, 2010, 56, 156-188

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