The impact of minimum wages on youth employment in Portugal

被引：27
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作者：
Pereira, SC [1 ]
机构：
[1] UCL, Dept Econ, London WC1E 6BT, England
来源：
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2003年 / 47卷 / 02期
关键词：
minimum wages; youth employment; natural experiment;
D O I：
10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00209-X
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
On January 1, 1987, the legal minimum wage for workers aged 18 and 19 in Portugal was raised by 49.3%. This shock is used as a "natural experiment" to evaluate the impact of the minimum wage change on teenagers' employment. The method is to compare, based on firm-level microdata, the employment growth of 18-19-year-old workers with employment growth of older workers. The main findings are that the increase in the minimum wage significantly reduced employment of 18 and 19 year olds, but increased employment of 20-25 year olds. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：229 / 244
页数：16
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