1. The UK National Minimum Wage
Some still follow early research that minimum wages have a small negative effect on employment, others have taken a following to more recent "before and after" microeconomic studies which fail to identify any employment effect at all. ... This essay will highlight the evidence presented in recent studies, and will attempt to shed light on a topic which is still very actively debated. ... Fortunately, recent literature has accused the NMW of having non-existent spillover effects. ... On a similar note, Card and Krueger investigated the impact of the minimum wage on employment in New Jersey ...
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- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: Undergraduate