Can minimum wages raise workers' incomes in the long run
"Using an intertemporal model of saving and capital accumulation with two types of agents (workers and capitalists) we demonstrate that it is impossible for any binding minimum wage to increase the after-tax incomes of workers if the production function is Cobb-Douglas with constant returns to...
Main Authors: | Economides, George, Moutos, Thomas |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Munich
2016
CESifo |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19103618124919218909-Can-minimum-wages-raise-worker.htm |
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