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Positive and normative effects of a minimum wage

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  • Guillaume Rocheteau
  • Murat Tasci

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We review the positive and normative effects of a minimum wage in various versions of a search-theoretic model of the labor market.

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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland in its series Working Paper with number 0801.

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Date of creation: 2008
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Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcwp:0801

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Keywords: Minimum wage ; Labor market;

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  1. Gorry, Aspen, 2010. "Minimum Wages and Youth Employment," MPRA Paper 25296, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Gonzalo Castex H., 2012. "Aumento del Salario Mínimo y sus Efectos sobre el Mercado Laboral," Notas de Investigación Journal Economía Chilena (The Chilean Economy), Central Bank of Chile, vol. 15(2), pages 117-129, August.

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