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040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHC10
100 1 $aDickens, Richard.
245 14 $aThe employment effects of the October 2003 increase in the national minimum wage$h[electronic resource] /$cRichard Dickens and Mirko Draca.
260 $aLondon :$bCentre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science,$cc2005.
490 1 $aCEP discussion paper ;$vno. 693
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file (viewed on June 22, 2005).
500 $a"June 2005."
530 $aAlso available in print.
520 3 $aThere is a growing body of research that measures employment effects of the minimum wage by using longitudinal data on individuals to compare job loss of workers affected by a minimum wage increase with those who are not directly affected. This sort of study requires good quality wage data in order to clearly identify these treatment and control groups. Much of the evidence on the impact of the UK minimum wage uses this technique with poor quality wage data. This paper examines the impact of the October 2003 increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) using a much better measure of the wage. We find insignificant negative effects on the employment retention rates of all adults and, most notably, male workers. Analysis of the probability of employment retention across different hourly wage rates also show how sensitive this methodology can be to different definitions of the treatment and control group.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
653 $aMinimum wages ;$aEmployment transitions ;$aWages
700 1 $aDraca, Mirko.
710 2 $aLondon School of Economics and Political Science.$bCentre for Economic Performance.
830 0 $aDiscussion paper (London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance : Online) ;$vno. 693.
856 40 $uhttp://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0693.pdf
856 42 $3Abstract with link to full-text PDF report$uhttp://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/abstract.asp?index=2212