A NOTE ON THE LARGE-FIRM MATCHING MODEL: CAN A NONBINDING MINIMUM WAGE REDUCE WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT?

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作者
Bauducco, Sofia [1 ]
Janiak, Alexandre [2 ]
机构
[1] Cent Bank Chile, Santiago, Chile
[2] Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile
关键词
Minimum Wage; Employment; Search; Large Firm; UNEMPLOYMENT;
D O I
10.1017/S1365100516000067
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We show that, in the large-firm search model, employment may decrease even when the level of the introduced minimum wage lies below the equilibrium wage of the laissez-faire economy. Wages also decrease in the presence of the minimum wage. The argument is based on multiple equilibria and the idea that, in a large-firm context, the representative firm may choose to overemploy workers in order to renegotiate lower wages.
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页码:2158 / 2169
页数:12
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