Do Minimum Wage Changes Influence Employment?

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Renatá Vokorokosová

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Greater number of foreign working studies does confirm the theoretical assumption that minimum wage increases negatively change the amount of employed people. Contrary to these, there is, however, a completely different persuasion on this issue among some economists. This article picks out minimum wage as an important part of employment research investigating two files; the number of working people aged 15 – 64 and all working labours.

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