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Volume 24, Issue 4
1 April 1997
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Case Report| April 01 1997

The effect of minimum wage on employment and wages in Israeli industry Available to Purchase

I. Luski;
I. Luski
The Department of Economics, and the Monaster Center for Economic Research, Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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J. Weinblatt
J. Weinblatt
The Department of Economics, and the Monaster Center for Economic Research, Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6712
Print ISSN: 0306-8293
© MCB UP Limited
1997
International Journal of Social Economics (1997) 24 (4): 408–415.
https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299710162240

Estimates the effect of a minimum wage on the level of employment and on wages in Israeli industry. The findings surprisingly suggest that both labour demand and supply decrease after the institution of a minimum wage. Thus, employment is reduced while wages remain practically unchanged.

Keywords:
Employment, Israel, Labour market, Minimum wage, Pay
© MCB UP Limited
1997
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