Heterogeneous effects of minimum wage on labor market outcomes: A case study from Turkey

Heterogeneous effects of minimum wage on labor market outcomes: A case study from Turkey

We assess the effects of a sharp minimum wage increase on wages, informality, and employment in Turkey, a large developing economy with one of the highest minimum wage-to-average wage ratios among OECD countries and widespread discrepancies between labor market outcomes of women and of men. We look...

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Main Authors:	Işık Enes, Orhangazi Özgür, Tekgüç Hasan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2020-11-01
Series:	IZA Journal of Labor Policy
Subjects:	minimum wage employment informality incremental difference-indifferences j08 j21 j23
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2020-0016

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