What Does the Minimum Wage Do?

• Main Author: Belman, Dale (auth)
• Other Authors: Wolfson, Paul J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: W.E. Upjohn Institute 2014
• Subjects: Central government policies; Industrial arbitration & negotiation; Labour economics; Public Policy & Administration; Labor & Employment Relations
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book make sense of the scores of research studies on the minimum wage that began in the early 1990s. The authors look at who is affected by the minimum wage, both directly and indirectly; which observable, measurable variables (e.g., wages, employment, school enrollment) the minimum wage influe...