The minimum wage from a two-sided perspective

"This paper sheds new light on the effects of the minimum wage on employment from a two-sided theoretical perspective, in which firms' job offer and workers' job acceptance decisions are disentangled. Minimum wages reduce job offer incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We...

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Main Authors: Brown, Alessio J.G., Merkl, Christian, Snower, Dennis J.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Kiel 2014
IFW Kiel
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19110725124919389079-The-minimum-wage-from-a-two-si.htm
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Merkl, Christian
Snower, Dennis J.
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description "This paper sheds new light on the effects of the minimum wage on employment from a two-sided theoretical perspective, in which firms' job offer and workers' job acceptance decisions are disentangled. Minimum wages reduce job offer incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that sufficiently low minimum wages may do no harm to employment, since their job-offer disincentives are countervailed by their job-acceptance incentives."
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publishDate 2014
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spellingShingle Brown, Alessio J.G.
Merkl, Christian
Snower, Dennis J.
employment
minimum wage
wage incentive
The minimum wage from a two-sided perspective
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title The minimum wage from a two-sided perspective
topic employment
minimum wage
wage incentive
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19110725124919389079-The-minimum-wage-from-a-two-si.htm