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The Effect of the Minimum Wage on the Distribution of Teenage Wages

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Green, D.A.
Paarsch, H.J.

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We estimate the effect of the minimum wage on the shape of the wage distribution using micro data from Canada in the 1980s. We estimate the minimum wage impact while controlling for the effects of covariates such as education and industry on the shape of the distribution function.

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Paper provided by UBC Department of Economics in its series UBC Departmental Archives with number 97-2.

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Length: 45 pages
Date of creation: 1997
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Handle: RePEc:ubc:bricol:97-2

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Keywords: MINIMUM WAGES ; DISTRIBUTION;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods

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  1. Daniel Aaronson, 1997. "Price pass-through and minimum wages," Working Paper Series, Macroeconomic Issues WP-97-03, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. [Downloadable!]
  2. Stephen Donald & David Green & Harry Paarsch, . "Differences in Earnings and Wage Distributions between Canada and the United States: An Application of a Semi-Parametric Estimator of Distribution Functions with Covariates," Working Papers _003, University of California at Berkeley, Econometrics Laboratory Software Archive. [Downloadable!]
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  3. David Neumark & Mark Schweitzer & William Wascher, 1999. "The effects of minimum wages throughout the wage distribution," Working Paper 9919, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. [Downloadable!]
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