The impact of minimum wages on hours and employment revisited

Strobl, Eric;Walsh, Frank
(2004)

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Using a standard production function the equilibrium hours per worker wage locus is shown to be u-shaped in a competitive labour market. A minimum wage mayth us either increase or decrease hours per worker and, by extension, the number of workers. We provide supporting evidence for this using data from Trinidad and Tobago. We argue that examining total employment or full-time equivalents is not a meaningful way to measure the employment response to a minimum wage.
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Strobl, E., & Walsh, F. (2004). The impact of minimum wages on hours and employment revisited (ECON Discussion Papers 2004/34). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/128756