• Title of article

    Minimum wages, inequality and unemployment

  • Author/Authors

    Antonis Adam، نويسنده , , Thomas Moutos، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    170
  • To page
    176
  • Abstract
    Using a median voter model we show that greater equality in the distribution of ability can increase both employment and the politically determined value of the minimum wage, thus generating the semblance of a positive association between minimum wages and employment.
  • Keywords
    Minimum wages , Inequality , unemployment , Redistribution
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435989