Economics Explored

Minimum wages and employment

Episode Summary

Reviewing the evidence on the impact of changes in minimum wages on the employment of low-skilled workers.

Episode Notes

Economics Explored host Gene Tunny discusses the evidence on the impact of changes in minimum wages on the employment of low-skilled workers.

Links relevant to the conversation include:

David Neumark on the Employment effects of minimum wages

Australian Productivity Commission Workplace Relations Inquiry Report

Glenn Loury and David Neumark video podcast discussion of minimum wage

Paul Krugman opinion piece Liberals and Wages

Card and Krueger's famous 1994 minimum wage study