Regional evidence on the effect of the National Minimum Wage on the gender pay gap

No 176, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 from Royal Economic Society

Abstract: We study the evidence of change in the gender wage gap across regions around the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in Britain. As the proportion of low paid workers continued to vary across British regions, so did the relative share of men and women paid below the NMW before its introduction. This variation provides a "quasi" natural experiment with which to try and measure the effect of the introduction of the NMW. Using difference-in-differences type estimation, we conclude that there is variation in the narrowing of the overall gender pay gap across regions, consistent with regional differences in the incidence and magnitude of low pay.

Keywords: gender wage gap; difference-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06-04
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