Arbeitspapier
The ambiguous effect of minimum wages on workers and total hours
We model a competitive labour market where firms choose combinations of workers and hours per worker to produce output. If one assumes that the scale of production has no impact on hours per worker, then the change in the number of workers and hours per worker resulting from a minimum wage are inversely related. We demonstrate that total hours worked at the firm may rise for plausible parameter values if there are small fixed costs to hiring workers. Thus, in contrast to the conventional view, we show that the effect of minimum wages on employment is ambiguous.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3643
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- Thema
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Minimum wages
hours
employment
Arbeitsmarkt
Mindestlohn
Arbeitszeit
Arbeitskräfte
Personalkosten
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Strobl, Eric
Walsh, Frank A.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080825208
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Strobl, Eric
- Walsh, Frank A.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2008
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