We study the implications of minimum wage for taxation in an environment with imperfect enforcement and informality. Leveraging increase audit threat declared earnings below a threshold at twice Hungary, we estimate reporting employment responses administrative panel data. Our bunching difference-in-differences results show that substantial share those who report earning earn least same amount ...

A general consensus has emerged that while the UK National Minimum Wage (NMW) raised the pay of low wage workers it did little to harm their employment prospects. This is in contrast to the US and other countries where a debate over minimum wage effects still rages on. We re-examine the evidence on the introduction of the NMW and look at subsequent increases through the recession focusing on se...

Anna Godøy†?, Michael Reich‡?, Jesse Wursten§? and Sylvia Allegretto¶,?? †IRLE, University of California, Berkeley, the Norwegian Institute Public Health, Oslo, Norway, Department Health Management Economics, Norway. ‡IRLE, Berkeley. §KU Leuven, Belgium. ¶IRLE, aago{at}niph.no mreich{at}econ.berkeley.edu jesse.wursten{at}kuleuven.be. allegretto{at}berkeley.edu

The labour sector and industrial relations are pivotal for Indonesia’s development, especially in the current neo-capitalist setting. Therefore, this article examined Indonesian law its through a comparative analysis with Islamic principles, particularly after revision 2020 Omnibus Law. Using socio-legal methodology, it analysed historical political contexts of Acts on to determine their tenden...