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Using the BHPS Wave 9 Additional Questions to Evaluate the Impact of the National Minimum Wage*

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents evidence on the impact of the introduction of the National Minimum Wage using specially designed questions added to wave 9 of the British Household Panel Survey. New direct information on the basic hourly wage rate of hourly paid employees demonstrates the almost complete truncation and ‘spike’ at £3.60. The paper presents an analysis of the causes of the differences between hourly wage constructions, and of who has benefited from the introduction of the minimum wage and by how much, and a brief summary of the findings from the other minimum wage questions added to wave 9.

Source: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.64.s.4

Authors: Mark B. Stewart, Joanna K. Swaffield

Institutions: University of Warwick, University of York

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, No poverty

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2129330137

FWCI: 3.143

Cites: 2

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10