The Effect of Minimum Wage Rates on High School Completion

Warren, John Robert; Hamrock, Caitlin

doi:10.1353/sof.0.0316

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“…This, in turn, reduces the ESL rate, as explained above. A third group of authors finds no effect at all of minimum wages on ESL (Warren & Hamrock, ) or only for a small subgroup of students (Crofton et al ., ).…”

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The Impact of Institutional Context, Education and Labour Market Policies on Early School Leaving: a comparative analysis ofEUcountries

Witte¹,

Nicaise²,

Lavrijsen³

et al. 2013

Euro J of Education

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This article presents a comparative analysis of the determinants of early school leaving (ESL) at the country level. We decompose ESL rates into two components: a ‘primary’ rate reflecting unqualified school leaving from initial education, and a second component accounting for early school leavers who participate in training programmes. Both may be influenced by structural and policy determinants. We examine how the ESL rate is affected by macro‐economic and social context variables such as GDP/capita, growth, poverty, and youth unemployment, as well as system characteristics of the education system (such as legal school leaving age, grade retention, early tracking, and size of vocational education) and the labour market and social protection systems (minimum wages, unemployment insurance).

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The Impact of Institutional Context, Education and Labour Market Policies on Early School Leaving: a comparative analysis ofEUcountries

Witte¹,

Nicaise²,

Lavrijsen³

et al. 2013

Euro J of Education

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“…Warren and Hamrock () find some modest evidence that large hikes in the minimum wage might have small negative effects on the high school completion rate, but only in states in which students are permitted to drop out before the age of 17 years.…”

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Minimum Wages and Gross Domestic Product

Sabia

2015

Contemporary Economic Policy

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This study is the first to explore the relationship between minimum wage increases and state gross domestic product (GDP). Using data drawn from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) from 1979 to 2012, I find no evidence that minimum wage increases were associated with changes in overall state GDP. However, this null finding masks substantial heterogeneity in the productivity effects of minimum wages across industries and over the business cycle. Difference‐in‐difference‐in‐difference estimates suggest that a 10% increase in the minimum wage is associated with a short‐run 1% to 2% decline in state GDP generated by lower‐skilled industries relative to more highly skilled industries. This differential appears larger during troughs as compared to that during peaks of the state business cycle. (JEL J3, J4, L5)

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“…However, authors Machin and Manning (1994) estimated that a decrease of minimum wage regulation by the Wages Council increased inequality of wages and did not lead to an increase in employment. Warren and Hamrock (2010) have proved that a higher minimum wage weakens the relation between unemployment rate and rate of university graduation. Betcherman et al (2001) found that a growth of minimum wage leads to a decrease in the number of vacancies with minimum wages.…”

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The Relation Between Minimum Wage and Unemployment Across the Economic Cycle in Countries of the Visegrad Group

Kadeřábková¹,

Jašová²

2019

Proceedings of the 11th Economics &Amp; Finance Conference, Rome

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The aim of the present article is to clarify existence and nature of the relation between minimum wage and selected unemployment indicators in countries of the Visegrad group, with the use of an empirical analysis. The obtained figures of correlation coefficients related to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland showed that the positive influence was predominant over the negative one, meaning rise of the minimum wage was followed by unemployment growth. In accordance with similar studies in the world we have proved that a contradictory effect of the relationship between minimum wage changes and selected unemployment indicators was also relevant for V4 countries.

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The Effect of Minimum Wage Rates on High School Completion

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

The Impact of Institutional Context, Education and Labour Market Policies on Early School Leaving: a comparative analysis ofEUcountries

The Impact of Institutional Context, Education and Labour Market Policies on Early School Leaving: a comparative analysis ofEUcountries

Minimum Wages and Gross Domestic Product

The Relation Between Minimum Wage and Unemployment Across the Economic Cycle in Countries of the Visegrad Group

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