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The minimum wage in Poland and its connection to unemployment: Evaluating causality

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  • Artur Sikora

    (Cracow University of Economics, Poland)

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  • Artur Sikora, 2021. "The minimum wage in Poland and its connection to unemployment: Evaluating causality," Zeszyty Naukowe Małopolskiej Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomicznej w Tarnowie / The Malopolska School of Economics in Tarnow Research Papers Collection, Malopolska School of Economics in Tarnow, vol. 50(2), pages 65-77, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:znm:journl:v:50:y:2021:i:2:p:65-77
    DOI: 10.25944/znmwse.2021.02.6577
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    Keywords

    labour market; causality; Granger causality; Toda-Yamamoto approach; minimum wage;
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    JEL classification:

    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

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