Does a high minimum wage make it harder for minimum wage workers to progress?

Publication type

Report

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MiSoC Explainers

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Publication date

December 15, 2020

Summary:

We used data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings to examine the impact of minimum wage increases between 2008 and 2018, including the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW), on the progression of minimum wage workers to higher paying jobs.

DOI

http://doi.org/10.5526/misoc-2020-001

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Links

- http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/reports/explainers/minimum-wage.pdf
- http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/reports/explainers/minimum-wage.pdf
- http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/projects/an-investigation-of-the-impact-of-the-nlw-on-earnings-with-a-focus-on-pay-differentials
- http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/reports/explainers/minimum-wage.pdf
- http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/misoc/reports/explainers/minimum-wage.pdf
- http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/projects/an-investigation-of-the-impact-of-the-nlw-on-earnings-with-a-focus-on-pay-differentials
- http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/misoc/research/labour-markets-and-institutions/explainers

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