Research Paper IZA Discussion Papers 2595

A persistence model of the National Minimum Wage

Authors

Publication date

01 Feb 2007

Abstract

This paper utilises the panel element of the BHPS (waves 9 to 14) to examine the dynamics of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) introduced to Britain in 1999. Specifically a persistence measure based on a random effects probit model for those affected by the NMW is constructed. The conditional probabilities imply some degree of state dependence, but there is also a considerable amount of turnover from one year to the next among those affected by the NMW.

Subjects

Wages And Earnings and Social Policy

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http://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp2595.html

Notes

discussion paper

#509147