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Minimum wages in Spain
Author(s) -
Hevia Ignacio Gutiérrez,
Schwartz Pedro
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00021
Subject(s) - minimum wage , government (linguistics) , labour economics , economics , wage , efficiency wage , demographic economics , linguistics , philosophy
In Spain the minimum wage appears to have no significant employment‐reducing effect for workers over 18. For the under 18s, however, minimum wages and employment are negatively related. The government should consider lowering the minimum wage for younger workers.