The effect of minimum wage increase on employment in Canada

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dc.contributor.authorQuarmson, Isaac Sarfo
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorAli, Md Kamar
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-09T21:59:50Z
dc.date.available2024-10-09T21:59:50Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThis research investigates the effect of minimum wage increases on employment in Canada, focusing on three age groups: 15-19, 20-24, and 15-24. The study utilizes provincial data from 1983 to 2022 and employs Neumark's (2001) pre-specified design to analyze the ratio format of the explanatory variables. Additionally, this study slightly modifies Neumark’s design to analyze the explanatory variables in a non-ratio format. The model results indicate no statistically significant relationship between minimum wage and employment for all age groups for Neumark’s (2001) pre-specified model and the modified form. The overall results suggest that firms may respond to minimum wage increases by adjusting other variables such as non-wage benefits, prices, profits, etc.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6938
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Economics
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economics
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectminimum wage increases
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectyouth employment
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.subject.lcshMinimum wage--Research--Canada
dc.subject.lcshEmployment (Economic theory)
dc.subject.lcshYouth--Employment--Research--Canada
dc.subject.lcshWages--Youth--Research--Canada
dc.titleThe effect of minimum wage increase on employment in Canada
dc.typeThesis
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