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The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on the Wage Distribution in a Low-Wage Sector

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Dickens, Richard (QMW, University of London)
Alan Manning

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The National Minimum Wage (NMW) that was introduced in April 1999 is sometimes paraded as evidence of the Blair government s commitment to reversing the rise in inequality that was characteristic of the last 25 years.

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Paper provided by Royal Economic Society in its series Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 with number 60.

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  2. Stewart, Mark B. & Swaffield, Joanna K., 2006. "The other margin : do minimum wages cause working hours adjustments for low-wage workers?," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 746, University of Warwick, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Paul Frijters & Robert Gregory, 2006. "From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia’s "Great Leap Forward"?," IZA Discussion Papers 2068, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  4. Strobl, Eric & Walsh, Frank, 2008. "The Ambiguous Effect of Minimum Wages on Workers and Total Hours," IZA Discussion Papers 3643, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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