scholarly journals Minimum Wage Compliance and Household Welfare: An Analysis of Over 1500 Minimum Wages

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kashif Mansoor ◽  
Donal O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Household Welfare

State Minimum Wage Laws as a Response to Federal Inaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 0160323X2110008
Author(s):  
Shanna Rose
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Federal Policy ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Annual Rate ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
State Activity ◽  
Dollar Amount ◽  
Ballot Measure ◽  
State Legislative

This article analyzes state legislative and ballot measure activity related to the minimum wage between 2003 and 2020. The analysis distinguishes proposals to raise the minimum wage from those to index it to the annual rate of inflation, and examines the proposed dollar amount, the process used (legislation vs. ballot measure), and the measure’s success or failure. The analysis suggests that state activity tends to increase when the minimum wage rises on the federal policy agenda, and that partisanship and ideology also play a central role in efforts to raise and index state minimum wages.

scholarly journals The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bodo Aretz ◽  
Terry Gregory ◽  
Melanie Arntz
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Wage Distribution ◽  
Employment Effects ◽  
Eastern Germany

Abstract This study contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers of minimum wages. We exploit the minimum wage introduction and subsequent increases in the German roofing sector that gave rise to an internationally unprecedented hard bite of a minimum wage. We look at the chances of remaining employed in the roofing sector for workers with and without a binding minimum wage and use the plumbing sector that is not subject to a minimum wage as a suitable benchmark sector. By estimating the counterfactual wage that plumbers would receive in the roofing sector given their characteristics, we are able to identify employment effects along the entire wage distribution. The results indicate that the chances for roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment spillovers to workers without a binding minimum wage may result from scale effects and/or capital-labour substitution.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN, UPAH MINIMUM PROVINSI DAN BELANJA MODAL TERHADAP KETIMPANGAN PENDAPATAN DI SELURUH PROVINSI DI INDONESIA

Jurnal Ecogen ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 494
Author(s):  
Muhammad Anshari ◽  
Zul Azhar ◽  
Ariusni Ariusni
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Insignificant Effect

This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of education, provincial minimum wages and capital expenditure on income inequality in Indonesia. This type of research is associative descriptive research, where the data used is secondary data from 2012 to 2017 obtained from related institutions and institutions, which were analyzed using panel regression method. The findings of this study indicate that education has a negative and insignificant effect on income inequality in provinces in Indonesia, provincial minimum wages have a negative and significant effect on income inequality in provinces in Indonesia, capital expenditure has a positive and significant effect on income inequality in provinces in Indonesia. Taken together education, provincial minimum wages, capital expenditure has a significant effect on income inequality in provinces in Indonesia. Keywords: income inequality, education, minimum wage, capital expenditure

scholarly journals Evaluation of the adequacy of government minimum wage valorization policy in the Czech Republic in 2017 in the European context

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Pernica
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Macroeconomic Indicators ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Government ◽  
Workforce Productivity

Research background: The government of the Czech Republic has agreed to an increase in the minimum monthly wage as of the beginning of 2017 to 11,000 CZK, which represents a year-over-year increase of over 11 %. The government is thus fulfilling its objective set out in February 2014 and stipulated in the Government Statement of Purpose, i.e. to approximate the minimum wage to 40 % of average wages. Purpose of the article: The purpose of the article is to assess the adequacy of the Government Minimum Wage Valorization Policy, in particular from two points of view. Firstly, in view of selected macroeconomic indicators in the Czech Republic — the development of consumer prices, average gross wages, economic growth and workforce productivity. Secondly, in comparison with other EU member states which have introduced the institution of a minimum wage. Methods: In order to assess the adequacy of government policy to improve the social protection of the rights of the working population, a background research was conducted into the literature of important studies on the effects of minimum wages on unemployment, while the development of average gross wages in the CR, the minimum monthly wages in the CR and the Kaitz index were also analyzed. Furthermore, an evaluation of selected macroeconomic indicators in the Czech Republic was performed by means of time lines and the percentage representation of employees in the individual gross wage bands according to sex and type of economic activity. Last, but not least, a comparison was made of minimum wages, real gross domestic product per capita and workforce productivity in Euros and in purchasing power standards between the Czech Republic and countries which have enacted the institution of minimum wages. Findings and Value added: The minimum wage in the Czech Republic is the fifth lowest in the EU. In the long term, it is earned by approximately 3% of employees, which is less than the rate common in other EU countries. Currently, the amount of the minimum wage is below the threshold of income poverty. In comparison with the GDP per capita in PPS and real labour productivity per person employed in other EU countries, the position of the Czech Republic is significantly better, although other EU countries offer higher minimum wages. The decision of the current government to significantly increase the minimum wage as of 2017 is correct.

scholarly journals THE CASE FOR PUNISHING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR MINIMUM WAGE LAWS, RENT CONTROL AND PROTECTIONIST TARIFFS

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter E. Block ◽  
Harold E. Wirth ◽  
Joseph A. Butt
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Rent Control ◽  
One Step

Most economists oppose minimum wages, rent control and protectionism. The present paper takes this opposition one step further. Well, a few steps further. It attempts to make the case that those responsible for these enactments are criminals and should be punished by law.

Minimum wages and inequality in Mexico

2020 ◽  
pp. 573-595
Author(s):  
Alice Krozer ◽  
Stefanie Garry ◽  
Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
The Other ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship

The literature on minimum wages in Mexico has focused largely on their impact on poverty, and poverty reduction, while their relationship with inequality has not been fully explored. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the status and dynamics of the minimum wage in Mexico and its relation with income inequality from a Latin American comparative perspective. In this context, we are mostly interested in juxtaposing the Mexican experience with the cases of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, as three countries of roughly comparable economic development in the region pursuing labour policies diametrically opposing those of Mexico. In light of this Mexican exceptionality, we analyse the relationship between minimum wages and inequality in the country, and what Mexico could learn from the diverging experience of the other countries, with the aim of providing some recommendations to policymakers.

The Statutory Minimum Wage

2020 ◽  
pp. 191-231
Author(s):  
Zoe Adams
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Wage Regulation ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the modern minimum wage framework in detail. The first section begins by exploring the background to the National Minimum Wage Act through the lens of the relationship between minimum wages and wage supplementation. The second section then explores the conceptual structure of the Act in more detail. In particular, it explores how an individual’s minimum wage entitlement is assessed; the types of ‘work’ that are either implicitly or expressly, excluded from the Act; and the content of the concept of the ‘wage’. It concludes with some remarks about what the Act’s structure implies about the legal system’s understanding of the role of minimum ‘wage’ regulation today.

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