Minimum wage non-compliance: evidence from Ireland
McGuinness, Seamus ; Redmond, Paul ; Delaney, Judith
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2020
9 p.
minimum wage ; labour law ; compliance
Discussion Paper
12884
Wages and wage payment systems
English
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"We use a unique question from the Irish Labour Force Survey that captures the reasons for workers being paid below the minimum wage. Compared to existing work, this allows us to more precisely identify sub-minimum wage workers. We find that 5.6 percent of minimum wage workers are paid below the minimum wage for reasons other than those permitted under legislation. This is considerably lower than estimates reported in the existing literature."
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