Minimum Wages, Low Pay and Unemployment

Low-paid employment is a key issue for labour market policy. The essays in this book, focusing on European countries, provide new empirical evidence regarding the impact of minimum wages on employment, earnings mobility among low-paid workers, job satisfaction across the earnings distribution, unemp...

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Other Authors: Meulders, Danièle (Editor), Plasman, Robert (Editor), Rycx, François (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2004, 2004
Series:Applied Econometrics Association Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Low-paid employment is a key issue for labour market policy. The essays in this book, focusing on European countries, provide new empirical evidence regarding the impact of minimum wages on employment, earnings mobility among low-paid workers, job satisfaction across the earnings distribution, unemployment traps, the demand for low-skilled workers, and the existence of monopsonistic competition
Physical Description:XIV, 227 p online resource
ISBN:9780230524071