Suzanne Fry
Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market
Fry, Suzanne; Ritchie, Felix
Abstract
Report for LPC on how low pay is measured in official data sources. Finds that (a) employers tend to 'round' hourly pay rates, suggesting scope for rent-sharing in these low-paying jobs, and/or high transactions costs associated with wage-setting; and (b) employees questioned about wage rates tend to round them up or down to the nearest 'focal point' (eg £5.05 is rounded down to £5.00, £4.98 is rounded up to £5.00), implying significant - but predictable - measurement error in household survey data.
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Fry, S., & Ritchie, F. (2013). Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market. UK
Publication Date | Aug 7, 2013 |
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Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | national minimum wage, measuring, behaviour, low-wage, labour market |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/929129 |
Publisher URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/226829/Behavioural_aspects_of_the_National__Minimum_Wage.pdf |
Related Public URLs | https://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/secure/22501/1/behavioural-aspects-of-the-national-minimum-wage.htm |
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