Did minimum wage increases reduce employment? Panel data evidence from Romania
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Keywords
employment; minimum wage; industrial policy; regional labour markets.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
- R28 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Government Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2017-07-02 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-TRA-2017-07-02 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2017-07-02 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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