Does Raising the Minimum Wage Hurt Employment? Evidence from China

From iMFdirect - The IMF Blog Thu Oct 23 2014, 13:46:13

By Prakash Loungani (version in 中文) Raising the minimum wage is a polarizing issue. One side worries that raising it will lower employment. The other side downplays the impact on employment and plays up the positive impact on the living standards of the poor. Both sides are able to cling to their beliefs as the [...]

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