JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10802)

J - Labor and Demographic Economics (1996)

J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs (509)

J38 - Public Policy (28) Year LSE creators Item Type Departments File available

Article

Bassier, Ihsaan, Ranchhod, Vimal (2024). Can minimum wages effectively reduce poverty under low compliance? A case study from the agricultural sector in South Africa. Review of Political Economy, 36(2), 398 - 419. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538259.2024.2318957 picture_as_pdf

Blundell, Richard, Costa Dias, Monica, Meghir, Costas, Van Reenen, John (2004). Evaluating the employment impact of a mandatory job search assistance program. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2(4), 569-606. https://doi.org/10.1162/1542476041423368

Bosch, Mariano, Manacorda, Marco (2010). Minimum wages and earnings inequality in urban Mexico. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2(4), 128-149. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.2.4.128

Boudreau, Laura, Macchiavello, Rocco, Minni, Virginia, Tanaka, Mari (2025). Leaders in social movements: evidence from unions in Myanmar. American Economic Review, 115(6), 1975 - 2000. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20230758 picture_as_pdf

Brewer, Mike, Cominetti, Nye, Jenkins, Stephen P. (2025). What do we know about income and earnings volatility? Review of Income and Wealth, 71(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.70013 picture_as_pdf

Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2025). Understanding the characteristics of unpaid carers living in financial hardship: risks and vulnerabilities. International Journal of Care and Caring, 9(3), 434 - 452. https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2025D000000104 picture_as_pdf

Dickens, Richard, Gregg, Paul, Machin, Stephen, Manning, Alan, Wadsworth, Jonathan (1993). Wages councils: was there a case for abolition? British Journal of Industrial Relations, 31(4), 515-530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1993.tb00411.x

Gmeiner, Michael, Gmeiner, Robert (2023). Estimating the employment effect of the minimum wage through variation in compliance: evidence from five US states. Journal of Government and Economics, 12, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jge.2023.100096 picture_as_pdf

Iacono, Roberto (2025). The welfare versus work paradox. PLOS ONE, 20(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321564 picture_as_pdf

Jara, H. Xavier, Rodríguez, David, Collado, Diego, Torres, Javier, Mideros, Andrés, Montesdeoca, Lourdes, Avellaneda, Andrés, Chang, Rodrigo, Vanegas, Omar (2025). Assessing the role of tax-benefit policies during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the Andean region. Review of Development Economics, 29(1), 226 - 246. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13125 picture_as_pdf

Lemos, Sara (2004). Minimum wage policy and employment effects: evidence from Brazil. Economía, 5(1), 219 - 252. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2005.0007 picture_as_pdf

Machin, Stephen (2025). Real wage and productivity stagnation. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 41(1), 105 - 119. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/graf013 picture_as_pdf

Machin, Stephen (2024). Wage controversies: real wage stagnation, inequality and labour market institutions. LSE Public Policy Review, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.103 picture_as_pdf

Manning, Alan (2021). The elusive employment effect of the minimum wage. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35(1), 3 - 26. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.35.1.3 picture_as_pdf

McNeil, Andrew, Luca, Davide, Lee, Neil (2023). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic adversity and long-term individual outcomes in the UK. Journal of Urban Economics, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2023.103571 picture_as_pdf

Skinner, Chris J., Stuttard, Nigel, Beissel-Durrant, Gabriele, Jenkins, James (2002). The measurement of low pay in the UK labour force survey. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 64(supple), 653-676. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0084.64.s.5

Working paper

Boeri, Tito (2009). Immigration to the land of redistribution. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 05/2009). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Butcher, Tim, Dickens, Richard, Manning, Alan (2012). Minimum wages and wage inequality: some theory and an application to the UK. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1177). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Cengiz, Doruk, Dube, Arindrajit, Lindner, Attila, Zipperer, Ben (2018). The effect of minimum wages on low-wage jobs: evidence from the United States using a bunching estimator. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1531). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Datta, Nikhil, Machin, Stephen (2024). Government contracting and living wages > minimum wages. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2000). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf

Datta, Nikhil, Machin, Stephen (2021). Living wages and age discontinuities for low-wage workers. (CEP Discussion Papers 1803). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf

Georgiadis, Andreas (2008). Efficiency wages and the economic effects of the minimum wage: evidence from a low-wage labour market. (CEPDP 857). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Giupponi, Giulia, Machin, Stephen (2022). Company wage policy in a low-wage labor market. (CEP Discussion Papers 1869). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf

Jones, Erik (2009). They have no idea… decision-making and policy change in the global financial crisis. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 04/2009). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lordan, Grace, Neumark, David (2018). People versus machines: the impact of minimum wages on automatable. (Discussion Paper Series 11297). IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit).

McNeil, Andrew, Lee, Neil, Luca, Davide (2022). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic conditions, political attitudes, and long-term individual economic outcomes in the UK. (III Working Papers 76). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.zjjkxj4mn4d3 picture_as_pdf

Metcalf, David (2007). Why has the British national minimum wage had little or no impact on employment? (CEPDP 781). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Nikiforos, Michalis, Missos, Vlassis, Pierros, Christos, Rodousakis, Nikolaos (2025). The café economy: structural transformation in Greece in the wake of austerity and “reforms”. (GreeSE Papers: Hellenic Observatory Discussion Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 212). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science.