This paper finds an insignificant negative correlation between youth employment and minimum wages for the panel of U.S. states, 1976-2015. Such a correlation is not observed in earlier panels. The source of the new results is traced to the greatest decline in employment-population ratio since the 1970s emerging during the financial crisis of 2008. Moreover, I discuss the likely causes of the recent sharp decline in employment-population ratio and propose that more factors should be taken into account when examining the effect of the minimum wage policy.

Much debate surrounds the effect the minimum wage has on employment. Economic theory suggests that the minimum wage acts as a price floor in the labor market and thus leads to disemployment. However, empirical evidence from a variety of industries, states, and age groups suggests that the minimum wage has negative, negligible, and even positive effect on employment. This Economics/Public Policy Analysis thesis is the first study to analyze the effect the minimum wage has on employment in the informal sector. I apply four OLS regressions with various levels of specifications on five dependent variables: hourly wage, log hourly wages, hours worked, log daily income, and percentage working. My results suggest that economic theory holds true in the informal sector with regards to the California minimum wage mandate of 2016: the minimum wage had a positive and statistically significant effect on hourly wage, with average hourly wages increasing by $1.88; the minimum wage had a negative and statistically significant effect on percentage working, with average number of workers dispatched to jobs decreasing by 15%.

Este trabalho busca compreender como o governo do presidente Eurico Gaspar Dutra (vigorou de 31 de janeiro de 1946 a 31 de janeiro de 1951) fez uso dos instrumentos de política econômica acerca da renda e do salário mínimo, bem como seus reflexos nas questões do trabalho, do trabalhador e nos meios de representação deste. O governo do Presidente Eurico Gaspar Dutra é normalmente conhecido como o governo entre os governos de Getúlio Vargas e talvez, por isso, é pouco estudado pela academia, diferente de seu antecessor-sucessor. Busca-se neste trabalho contribuir para a pesquisa do governo Dutra que, apesar de considerado um interregno entre os governos de Getúlio Vargas, abandonou o varguismo e imprimiu uma política liberal e extremamente repressiva contra a classe trabalhadora, contribuindo para a perda de parte da renda do trabalhador brasileiro daquela época, com, talvez, reflexos em nossos dias. A política de arrocho salarial de Dutra foi um duro golpe contra os trabalhadores e em favor do capital. Os instrumentos de política econômica de Dutra são alvos de discussão no presente trabalho, com ênfase nas questões acerca do salário mínimo, situação do trabalhador e inflação. Questões estas praticamente atemporais na economia brasileira. / This paper seeks to understand how the government of President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (from January 31, 1946 to January 31, 1951) made use of the economic policy instruments on income and the minimum wage as well as its reflections on labor issues, of the worker and in the means of representing him. The government of President Eurico Gaspar Dutra is usually known as the government between the governments of Getúlio Vargas and, perhaps because of this, is little studied by the academy, different from its predecessor-successor The paper seeks to contribute to the research of the Dutra government which, although considered an interregnum between the governments of Getúlio Vargas, abandoned the \"varguismo\" and printed a liberal and extremely repressive policy against the working class, contributing to the loss of part of the income of the Brazilian worker of that time, with perhaps reflections in our day. Dutra\'s wage policy was a blow to the workers in favor of the capital. Dutra\'s economic policy instruments are the subject of discussion in this paper, with emphasis on issues such as the minimum wage, the worker\'s situation and inflation. These issues are practically timeless in the Brazilian economy.

Research report for the partial fulfillment of the Masters of Management in Public Policy Degree, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management School of Governance , September 2016 / This research investigated the potential of the proposed national minimum wage on income inequality and employment. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the purpose of minimum wages is to ensure wages are able to cover the basic needs of workers and their families, taking into account relevant economic factors (Gilad, 2016). In South Africa, a national minimum wage is also being explored as a tool to reduce inequality and transform the inherited apartheid wage structure (Gilad, 2016). The study used a qualitative research methodology and deduced based on the data obtained that indeed South Africa can introduce the national minimum wage but needs to be cautious of the level at which it sets the minima. Secondly the research deduced that minimum wage will have positive effects on income inequality and minimal effects on employment provided that it is set at a right level. / MT 2017

Universidade Federal do Cearà / Este estudo analisa os efeitos da evoluÃÃo do salÃrio mÃnimo no Brasil sobre a distribuiÃÃo de renda entre categorias de trabalhadores, bem como o fluxo de trabalhadores, entre faixas de rendas demarcadas por um e dois salÃrios mÃnimos, em conseqÃÃncia do aumento do salÃrio mÃnimo verificado no perÃodo de 1995 a 2003. Os trabalhadores foram agrupados em diversas categorias de modo a melhorar a especificidade da anÃlise. Foram utilizados dados das PNADs (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra por DomicÃlio) de 1995 e 2003, aplicando-se uma metodologia nÃo-paramÃtrica, com o uso do estimador de Kernel para estimaÃÃo das densidades dos rendimentos dos trabalhadores. Os resultados sÃo eminentemente visuais e qualitativos e mostram que algumas categorias tiveram aumentos significativos na proporÃÃo de trabalhadores com renda igual ou menor que um salÃrio mÃnimo. VÃrias categorias experimentaram um forte fluxo de trabalhadores com renda maior que dois salÃrios mÃnimos em direÃÃo a rendas entre um e dois salÃrios mÃnimos e rendas menores que um salÃrio mÃnimo, evidenciando uma piora na distribuiÃÃo da renda entre categorias de trabalhadores. / This study analyzes the effect of the minimum wage trend in Brazil on labor income the distribution, as well as the flow of workers, between bands of labor income demarcated by one and two minimum wages, in consequence of the increase in minimum wage verified in the period 1995 the 2003. Workers were grouped in different categories, in order to improve detailing in the analysis. The PNADs (National Research of Sample for Domicile) data for the 1995 - 2003 series were used, applying a not-parametric methodology, with the use of estimator Kernel, to estimate the densities of workersâ income. The results are visual and qualitative and show that some categories had significant changes in the ratio of workers with lesser or equal than a minimum wage and others experienced a strong flow of workers with bigger than two minimum wages in direction to incomes between one and two minimum wages and lesser incomes that a minimum wage.

Wong, Pui Hang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-61). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Characterizing Illegal Immigrants --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Job Displacement --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- Minimum Wage Unemployment --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Basic Model --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Effect of Illegal Immigration --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Solow Model --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Decentralized Ramsey Model --- p.21 / Chapter 3 --- Frictional Unemployment --- p.26 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Basic Model --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- The Economy with Illegal Migrants --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- Productivity Effect --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Comparative Statics --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Unemployment --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- Exploitation Effect --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- A Simulation Example --- p.47 / Chapter 3.4 --- Immigration Controls --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Workplace Sanction --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Deportation & Border Patrol --- p.53 / Chapter 4 --- Conclusion --- p.56

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This study constructs a analytical framework in which the Labor Union has full bargaining power and firms are heterogeneous to analyze the economic effect for adjustment of minimum wage ratio. There are two features in this model. First, every firm shows heterogeneity in productivity and survivors of the market are only those with good productivity. Second, the labor union has sufficient power to bargain wage ratio. The main findings of this study include: 1. Increase in the minimum wage ratio raises the survival threshold and labor wage ratio, but decreases the numbers of firms. 2. Increase in the minimum wage ratio does not necessarily result in decrease of labor demand.

The Minimum Wage Ordinance was introduced since 1 May 2011. It was widely discussed among the society on how it affects the economy and the market nature of Hong Kong. Employer has carried out different measures on either changing the term of employment contract or raise up the requirement for the employee as to compensate the addition salary cost they have paid under this regulation. Being a participant in building management service, we observe that owners/ residents rise up their expectation on the performance of building attendant. They believe the increase of salary under MWO would motivate the building attendant on their work and it would also attract more candidates with higher qualification and personal ability to join the service sector. However, there is a variation between the expectation and the reality. This research is attempted to identify whether the implementation of MWO would improve the performance of building attendant and what are the factors of giving such impact by studying the change of labour market of building management and the result of customer satisfaction survey conduct in this research. From these findings, we would try to verify if there is any direct relationship between MWO and building staff performance and recommend some appropriate strategy to owners/resident on how to improve the performance of building attendant. / published_or_final_version / Housing Management / Master / Master of Housing Management

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