Affiliation:
1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; e-mail, paul.redmond@esri.ie
2. IZA, Bonn, Germany
Abstract
Abstract
We use distribution regression analysis to study the impact of a 6% increase in the Irish minimum wage on the distribution of hourly wages and household income. Wage inequality, measured by the ratio of wages in the 90th and 10th percentiles and the 75th and 25th percentiles, decreased by approximately 8 and 4%, respectively. The results point towards wage spillover effects up to the 30th percentile of the wage distribution. We show that minimum wage workers are spread throughout the household income distribution and are often located in high-income households. Therefore, while we observe strong effects on the wage distribution, the impact of a minimum wage increase on the household income distribution is quite limited.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Economics and Econometrics
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