A Re‐examination of the Impact of the UK National Minimum Wage on Employment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9725742 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Dickens (0000-0001-5412-9588, University of Sussex), Rebecca Riley (National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Centre for Macroeconomics), David Wilkinson (0000-0001-5934-3540, National Institute of Economic and Social Research) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 328 |
| Pages | 841-864 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecca.12158 |
| OpenAlex | W2098741543 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
Early work on the national minimum wage ( NMW ) suggested that policymakers in the UK had succeeded in raising the pay of low‐paid workers without impairing their employment prospects. This paper shows that when we focus on the most vulnerable workers, part‐time females, the NMW appears to be associated with reductions in employment retention. These negative impacts were evident when the NMW was introduced and also when it was increased faster than average wages in the mid‐2000s. We also show that these falls in employment among part‐time females are exacerbated by the recession
Demographic economics · Economics · Great recession · Keynesian economics · Labour economics · Low wage · Minimum wage · Raising (metalworking) · Recession · Wage · Work (physics) · Work hours · Working hours · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |