Does the UK minimum wage reduce employment? A meta-regression analysis
de Linde Leonard, Megan ; Stanley, T.D. ; Doucouliagos, Hristos
British Journal of Industrial Relations
2014
52
3
499-520
Wages and wage payment systems
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12031
English
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"The employment effect from raising the minimum wage has long been studied but remains in dispute. Our meta-analysis of 236 estimated minimum wage elasticities and 710 partial correlation coefficients from 16 UK studies finds no overall practically significant adverse employment effect. Unlike US studies, there seems to be little, if any, overall reporting bias. Multivariate meta-regression analysis identifies several research dimensions that are associated with differential employment effects. In particular, the residential home care industry may exhibit a genuinely adverse employment effect."
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