MINIMUM WAGES AND SOCIAL WELFARE EXPENDITURES Substitutes or complements?
Are minimum wage policies substitutes for or complements to expenditure oriented social welfare policies? We address this research question from a cross national perspective through the utilization of OECD data. We find that countries with high levels of expenditure on traditional social welfare pol...
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Published in | Policy studies Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 163 - 174 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
London
Taylor & Francis Group
01.06.2007
Taylor & Francis LLC |
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Summary: | Are minimum wage policies substitutes for or complements to expenditure oriented social welfare policies? We address this research question from a cross national perspective through the utilization of OECD data. We find that countries with high levels of expenditure on traditional social welfare policies are decidedly less likely to have any type of minimum wage policy than lower spending nations. However, we also find that there is a strong correlation between the level of the minimum wage and the percentage of GDP spent on social welfare among countries that have minimum wage policies. |
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ISSN: | 0144-2872 1470-1006 |
DOI: | 10.1080/01442870701312092 |