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O'Neill, Donal (2006) Evaluating the Introduction of a National Minimum Wage: Evidence from a New Survey of Firms in Ireland. Labour, 20 (1). pp. 63-90. ISSN 1121-7081
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Abstract
In April 2000 the Irish government introduced a national minimum
wage of IR£4.40 (€5.58) an hour. We use data from a specifically designed survey
of firms to estimate the employment effects of this change. Employment growth
among firms with low-wage workers prior to the legislation was no different from
that of firms not affected by the legislation. A more refined measure of the
minimum wage, however, suggests that the legislation may have had a negative
effect on employment for the small number of firms most severely affected by the
legislation. However, the size of these effects is relatively modest.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Evaluating; National; Minimum Wage; Survey; Firms; Ireland; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting |
| Item ID: | 8693 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2006.00334.x |
| Depositing User: | Donal O'Neill |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2017 09:55 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Labour |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/8693 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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