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Distributional Employment Effects of Ontario Minimum-Wage Proposals: A Microdata Approach

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Michael T. Shannon
Charles M. Beach

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This paper examines the distribution of potential employment losses from the proposed increase in the Ontario minimum wage to 60 percent of the average Ontario wage. The analysis is based on microdata for 1989. It is found that the majority of workers affected are women, but the average cost gap of those affected is greater for men. Those most affected are young and part-time workers, with high-school education or less, and in the Retail, Accommodation and Food industries. Those affected come disproportionately from families with low earnings. The policy is estimated to reduce the number of jobs by 73-92 thousand or 1.2 to 1.5 percent.

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Volume (Year): 21 (1995)
Issue (Month): 3 (September)
Pages: 284-303
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  1. Brown, Charles & Gilroy, Curtis & Kohen, Andrew, 1982. "The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Unemployment," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 20(2), pages 487-528, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Robert Swidinsky, 1980. "Minimum Wages and Teenage Unemployment," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 13(1), pages 158-71, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Hamermesh, Daniel S, 1995. "Labour Demand and the," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 105(430), pages 620-34, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Kim B. Clark & Richard B. Freeman, 1979. "How Elastic is The Demand for Labor?," NBER Working Papers 0309, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Stephen Birch, 1999. "The 39 steps: the mystery of health inequalities in the UK," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 8(4), pages 301-308.
  2. Mark D. Turner & Berna Demiralp, 2000. "Effects of Higher Minimum Wages on Teen Employment and School Enrollment," JCPR Working Papers 198, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
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