Minimum wages and employment: report commissioned by the Australian Fair Pay Commission, 2006

The purpose of this paper is to provide a succinct overview of the employment effects of minimum wages. It summarises the evidence from research in Australia and overseas and provides a framework in which this research and policy on minimum wages can be discussed. The structure of the paper is as follows: an overview of Australian and international evidence from selected countries is followed by a discussion of the theoretical context in which these results can be evaluated; and, finally, gaps in the literature and some suggestions for future research are presented.

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Authors: Lewis, Philip E. T.

Corporate authors: Curtin University. Centre for Labour Market Research (CLMR)

Published: Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Fair Pay Commission, 2006

Resource type: Government report or paper

Physical description: 28 p.

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