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The Pay Equity Effects of Minimum Wages: A Comparative Industrial Relations Approach

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The over-riding objective of a minimum wage is to redistribute earnings to the lower paid (Brosnan 2001, Freeman 1996). Unions, employers and governments in different countries at different points of time may emphasize other related goals — such as increased labour market participation (by providing better incentives), controlled wage growth, improved social dialogue, reduced informal employment, higher income tax revenues and lower welfare and in-work tax benefits (Recio 2006, Saget 2008, Koçer and Visser 2009) -but it is the social goal of improving the position of low-wage workers that underpins policy design.

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    Damian Grimshaw (Professor of Employment Studies, Director)

  2. Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

    Jill Rubery (Professor of Comparative Employment Systems)

  3. Institute for Work, Skills and Training, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

    Gerhard Bosch (Professor, Director)

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  2. Conditions of Work and Equality Department, International Labour Office, Switzerland

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    Colin Fenwick (Senior Labour Law Specialist) (Senior Labour Law Specialist)

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Grimshaw, D., Rubery, J., Bosch, G. (2014). The Pay Equity Effects of Minimum Wages: A Comparative Industrial Relations Approach. In: McCann, D., Lee, S., Belser, P., Fenwick, C., Howe, J., Luebker, M. (eds) Creative Labour Regulation. Advances in Labour Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137382214_5

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