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Working Paper 04-18 - Removing youth sub-minimum wage rates in Belgium: did it affect youth employment?

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  • Maritza López-Novella

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Between April 2013 and January 2015, youth sub-minimum wage rates were repealed in Belgium. We identify the impact of the reform by comparing outcomes before and after the withdrawal, across eligible and ineligible categories of young workers, and across abolishing and not abolishing joint committees. Our results show that the reform had a small positive impact on wages and on retention rates and a comparable but negative impact on accession rates.

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  • Maritza López-Novella, 2018. "Working Paper 04-18 - Removing youth sub-minimum wage rates in Belgium: did it affect youth employment?," Working Papers 201804, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium.
    • Handle: RePEc:fpb:wpaper:201804
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    Keywords

    Minimum wages; Youth sub-minimum rates; Youth employment; Policy evaluation; Triple difference estimator; Propensity score matching;
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    JEL classification:

    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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