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Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term

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  • Dolton, Peter

    (University of Sussex)

  • Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara

    (Royal Holloway, University of London)

  • Wadsworth, Jonathan

    (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Abstract

This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up ratings of the NMW. We use an 'incremental differences-in-differences' (IDiD) estimator which allows us to estimate the effects of the NMW in each year since its introduction. We find that an increased bite of the NMW is associated with falls in lower tail wage inequality. Moreover, while the average employment effect of the NMW over the entire period is broadly neutral, there are small but significant positive employment estimates from 2003 onward, when the average bite of the NMW was at its highest since its introduction.

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  • Dolton, Peter & Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara & Wadsworth, Jonathan, 2010. "Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term," IZA Discussion Papers 5278, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp5278
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    Keywords

    inequality; minimum wage; employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs

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