the contribution of the minimum wage to u.s. wage inequality over three decades: a reassessment (with david autor and christopher smith)
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American Economic Journal (Applied), 2016, 8, 58-99
reassesses the effect of the mininum wage on u.s. wage inequality, concluding the effects are not as large as thought but there are spillovers
minimum wages and wage inequality: some theory and an application to the uk (with tim butcher and richard dickens)
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reassesses the effect of the mininum wage on uk wage inequality, concluding there are modest but positive spillover effects
where the minimum wage bites hard: the introduction of the uk national minimum wage
to a low-wage sector (with stephen machin and lupin rahman).
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published in journal of european economic association, 2003, 1(1), 154-180.
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uses a data set on workers in uk retirement homes (a very low-paying sector) to investigate employment impact of 1999 introduction of national minimum wage. finds evidence of modest employment losses.
spikes and spill-overs: the impact of the national minimum wage on the wage distribution in a low-wage sector (with richard dickens).
published in economic journal 2004, 114, C102-C109
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investigates the impact of the uk national minimum wage introduced in april 1999
on the wage distribution in care homes where 40% of workers were directly affected.
concludes that impact was mostly in month of introduction and spill-over effects were minimal.
has the national minimum wage reduced uk wage inequality? (with richard dickens).
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published in journal of the royal statistical society, series a, 2004, 167, 623-626.
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investigates the impact of the uk national minimum wage introduced in april 1999 on the wage distribution. concludes that impact only reaches to the 7th percentile because it has been set so low and spill-over effects are very small
the effect of minimum wages on employment: theory and evidence from britain (with r.dickens and s.machin).
published: journal of labor economics, 1999, 17, 1-23
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looks at impact of minimum wages set by uk wages councils on employment in affected industries from 1976-92. concludes that there was no job loss as a result.
the impact of the national minimum wage on the wage distribution, poverty and the gender pay gap (with richard dickens).
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report for low pay commission about the perennial issue of accurately comptuing the impac tof the national minimum
wage
estimating the effect of minimum wages on employment from the distribution of wages: a critical view (with r.dickens and s.machin).
published: labor economics, 1998, 5, 109-134
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argues that the meyer-wise methodology for estimating employment impact of minimum wages is unsafe.
the economic impact of minimum wages in europe (with j.dolado, f.kramarz, s.machin, d.margolis and c.teulings).
published: economic policy, no. 23, october 1996, 319-372
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discusses theories of impact of minimum wages and has a number of empirical investigations of the impact of minimum wages on employment in european countries. with mixed results.
the effect of minimum wages on uk agriculture (with r.dickens, s.machin, d.metcalf, j.wadsworth and s.woodland).
published: journal of agricultural economics, 1995, 49, 1-19
time-series analyis of impact of minimum wages set by uk agricultural wages board. probably only of interest to those with a passion for fox-hunting.
minimum wages, wage dispersion and employment: evidence from the uk wages councils (with s.machin).
published:industrial and labor relations review, 1994, 47, 319-329
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proto version of 1999 jole piece. read the later paper instead.
wages councils: was there a case for abolition? (with r.dickens, p.gregg, s.machin and j.wadsworth).
published: british journal of industrial relations, 1993, 31, 515-530,
of course, there wasn't. though maybe the national minimum wage is better.
what variation should we have in the national minimum wage?
published: implementing a national minimum wage in the uk: london, employment policy institute, 1997.
nobody was interested in the argument that young workers should be covered by the minimum wage.
employment and the introduction of a minimum wage in britain (with s.machin).
published: economic journal, 1996, 106, 667-676
rehash of stuff in other places
minimum wages and economic outcomes in europe (with s.machin).
published: european economic review papers and proceedings, 1997, 41, 733-742
more rehash of stuff in other places
after wages councils (with r.dickens).
published: new economy, 1995, 2, 223-227
review, not long after abolition, showing that abolition of wages council did not lead to employment gains predicted by proponents of the policy.
minimum wages and employment: a theoretical framework with an application to the uk wages councils (with r.dickens and s.machin).
published: international journal of manpower, 1994, 15, 26-48
only virtue is that it has a more extensive version of the theoretical model in the 1999 jole article. but, not easy to find.