The Geographies of the National Minimum Wage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4139075 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Sunley (0000-0003-4803-5299, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Ron Martins (0000-0002-6203-0518, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1735-1758 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a32104 |
| OpenAlex | W1994038226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 42 |
Geographers have recently argued that labour-market regulation interacts with market forces in profoundly different ways in different local labour markets. We illustrate this argument by using the case of the new statutory minimum wage in Britain. We consider whether the introduction of the national minimum wage represents a genuine departure from the preceding neoliberal labour-market regime, and examine how far it will begin to redress some of the pronounced geographical inequality in wages across local labour markets which developed under that regime. To provide comparative context, we examine the international geography of minimum wages and assess whether, and to what extent, the new UK minimum wage indicates a shift towards a new model of labour-market governance and regulation. We then review the geography of low pay in the United Kingdom and consider the possible geographical impact of the new national minimum wage. We argue that the effects of the minimum will vary depending on the nature of local labour-market characteristics. Then, perhaps most contentiously, the case is considered for regionally differentiating the minimum wage to reflect geographical differences in the cost of living. Finally, we examine the arguments for and against a single uniform national minimum in the light of administrative systems operated in other countries
Corporate governance · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Labour economics · Minimum wage · Political science · Redress · Statutory law · Wage · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Labor Movements and Unions
New Inequalities
Minimum wage unemployment and growth
A National Statutory Minimum Wage and Economic Efficiency
Local Labour Control Regimes
Do Minimum Wage Hikes Raise US Long Term Unemployment? Evidence Using State Minimum Wage Rates
The Economic Theory of a Legal Minimum Wage
Unemployment in Britain
The Equal Pay Act as an Experiment to Test Theories of the Labour Market
Minimum Wages for Ronald McDonald Monopsonies
Earnings Mobility, Family Income and Low Pay
The Low Pay Commission and the National Minimum Wage
British Wages Councils
The Minimum Wage as a Redistributive Tool
Employment and the Introduction of a Minimum Wage in Britain
Myth and Measurement
The Effects of Minimum Wages on Wage Dispersion and Employment
Using Regional Variation in Wages to Measure the Effects of the Federal Minimum Wage
Unemployment Flow Regimes and Regional Unemployment Disparities
Minimum Wage Laws
The Social Regulation of Uneven Development
Do Minimum Wages Reduce Employment? A Case Study of California, 1987-89
The Effect of the Minimum Wage on the Fast-Food Industry
Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2004 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |