Do low minimum wages disserve workers? A case study of the Czech and Slovak Republics

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Do low minimum wages disserve workers? A case study of the Czech and Slovak Republics

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article analyses the effects of minimum wage on employment in the Czech and Slovak Republics based on 2005–17 EU-SILC data. Our results contribute to the scant literature on minimum wage effects in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. While prior empirical findings concurred with the effects of minimum wage on labour market outcomes in CEE countries when the minimum wage is relatively high, there is ambiguity when the minimum wage is relatively low. In Slovakia we find that regular minimum wage hikes had insignificant effects on employment. Similarly, we find no negative employment consequences from irregular hikes in the comparatively low minimum wage (MW) of the Czech Republic. Moreover, the groups assumed to be most affected by MW hikes did not experience greater negative consequences following hikes when compared to the overall population of workers in either country.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Do low minimum wages disserve workers? A case study of the Czech and Slovak Republics

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article analyses the effects of minimum wage on employment in the Czech and Slovak Republics based on 2005–17 EU-SILC data. Our results contribute to the scant literature on minimum wage effects in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. While prior empirical findings concurred with the effects of minimum wage on labour market outcomes in CEE countries when the minimum wage is relatively high, there is ambiguity when the minimum wage is relatively low. In Slovakia we find that regular minimum wage hikes had insignificant effects on employment. Similarly, we find no negative employment consequences from irregular hikes in the comparatively low minimum wage (MW) of the Czech Republic. Moreover, the groups assumed to be most affected by MW hikes did not experience greater negative consequences following hikes when compared to the overall population of workers in either country.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA18-07036S" target="_blank" >GA18-07036S: Metodologie a realita chudoby: Česká republika v evropském kontextu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Baltic Journal of Economics

ISSN

1406-099X

e-ISSN

2334-4385

Svazek periodika

21

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

LV - Lotyšská republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

43-59

Kód UT WoS článku

000645421900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85106686685