The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act on the Labor Market of Victoria, Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5752935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew J Seltzer (0000-0002-9826-7082, Royal Holloway University of London), Jeff Borland (0000-0003-4398-7530, The University of Melbourne) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 785-821 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050718000359 |
| OpenAlex | W2890114284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article examines the effects of the Victorian Factory and Shops Act, the first minimum wage law in Australia. The Act differed from modern minimum wage laws in that it established Special Boards, which set trade-specific minimum wage schedules. We use trade-level data on average wages and employment by gender and age to examine the effects of minimum wages. Although the minimum wages were binding, we find that the effects on employment were modest, at best. We speculate that this was because the Special Boards, which were comprised of industry insiders, closely matched the labor market for their trades
Business · Economics · Factory (object-oriented programming) · Labour economics · Minimum wage · Wage · Australian History and Society · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Labor Movements and Unions
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Minimum Wages
Minimum Wages and Employment
Modern labor economics
An Overview of the Debate
The Economic Consequences of Harvester
The Cambridge Economic History of Australia
State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand
Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders
The Economic Theory of a Legal Minimum Wage
Compliance with the Minimum Wage Law
The Effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 on the Southern Seamless Hosiery and Lumber Industries
The Other Margin
Arbitration and Conciliation in Australasia
Minimum Wages for Ronald McDonald Monopsonies
Myth and Measurement
The Effects of Minimum Wages on Wage Dispersion and Employment
Riding the Wave of Trade
Oligopsony and Monopsonistic Competition in Labor Markets
Labour Market Evolution
Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate
Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages
Employment Effects of Minimum Wages
Employers, Trade Unions and the First Victorian Factory Acts
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |