HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU’RE FIRED! EFFECTS OF AN AGE-DEPENDENT MINIMUM WAGE ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FLOWS IN THE NETHERLANDS

• Published in: Industrial & labor relations review Vol. 74; no. 4; pp. 1008 - 1035
• Main Author: KABÁTEK, JAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.08.2021; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Age differences; Birthdays; Employment; Employment Level; Entry Workers; Labor market; Market entry; Market exit; Minimum wage; Wage rates; Wages & salaries; Workers; Youth employment; age dependency; churning; labor market flows; youth workers; minimum wage

The Dutch minimum wage for workers aged 15 to 23 is defined as a stepwise increasing function of a worker’s calendar age. Using Dutch administrative records, the author shows that the birthday discontinuities of age-dependent minimum wage rates affect both labor market entry (job accessions) and lab...