HC Deb 29 January 1996 vol 270 cc507-8W
Mr. MacShane

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 17 January 1995,Official Report, column 628, if he will list the research mentioned in his reply. [11808]

Mr. Lang

Among the studies considered are the following:

  1. (i) UK Studies on the link between pay and jobs at national level:
    • HM Treasury, (1985) "The Relationship Between Employment and Wages". London: HMSO. [This is the most comprehensive survey of the evidence on the link between pay and jobs at a national level.]
    • Wells, W. (1983). "The Relative Pay and Employment of Young People", Department of Employment Research Paper No. 42.
  2. (ii) UK Studies on the employment effects of proposals for a national minimum wage:
    • Bazen, S. (1990) "On the Employment Effects of Introducing a National Minimum Wage in the UK", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 1990.
    • Bazen, S. (1991) "Minimum Wage, an Analysis of the Issues", Institute of Personnel Management.
    • Dennison, S.R. and Forrest D. (1984. "Low Pay or No Pay; A Review of the Theory and Practice of Minimum Wage Laws", Institute of Economic Affairs, Hobart Paper No. 101.
    • Gregg, P. (1992). "National Minimum Wage", in the National Institute Economic Review, February 1992.
    • Minford, P. (1989). "The Effects in the UK of EEC Wage Proposals in the Social Charter", in the Liverpool Quarterly Economic Bulletin, December 1989.
    • UBS Phillips and Drew (1991). Economic Briefing, June 1991.
    • James Capel Economic Research Unit (1991) in "Is Labour a Threat?"
    • Kleinwort Benson, (1995): "Window on the Economy". UK Economics, Third Quarter 1995.
  3. (iii) Studies of the employment effects of the wages boards and councils:
    • Canning, D. And Tarling, R. (1985). "A Report on the Department of Employment's Study "Wages Floors in the Clothing Industry, 1950–1981", Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge 1985.
    • Craig, C. And Wilkinson, F. (1986). "Pay and Employment in Four Retail Trades", Department of Employment Research Paper No. 51.
    • Kaufman, R. (1989). "The Effects of Statutory Minimum Rates of Pay on Employment in Great Britain". Economic Journal, December 1989.
    • Lund, P., Morris, T., Temple, J., Watson, J. (1982). "Wages and Employment in Agriculture, 1960–1980", GES Working Paper No. 52.
    • Machin, S. and Manning, A. (1992). "Minimum Wages, Wages Dispersion and Employment: Evidence from the UK Wages Councils", LSE Working Paper No. 221.
    • Morgan, P., Paterson, D. and Barrie, R. (1986). "Wage Floors in the Clothing Industry, 1950–1981", Department of Employment Research Paper No. 52.
    • Neuburger, H. (1984). "From the Dole Queue to the Sweatshop", London Low Pay Unit.
  4. (iv) Studies on the employment effects of the United States minimum wage:
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    • Brown, C., Gilroy, C., Kohen, A. (1982). "The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Unemployment." Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. xx [This contains a survey of the US evidence.]
    • Card, D. (1991). "Do Minimum Wages Reduce Employment? A Case Study of California, 1987–1989." NBER Working Paper No. 3710.
    • Castillo Freeman, A. and Freeman, R. B. (1991). "Minimum Wages in Puerto Rico", NBER Working Paper No. 3759.
    • Katz, L. and Kreuger, A. (1991). "The Effect of the New Minimum Wage Law in a Low Wage Labour Market", Princetown University Working Paper, No. 379.
    • Newmark, D., and Wascher, W. (1991). "Evidence on Employment Effects of Minimum Wages and Subminimum Wage Provisions from Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws". NBER Working Paper No. 3859.
    • Card, D. and Kreuger, A. (1994). "Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania", American Economic Review, Vol. 84, No. 4.
    • Card, D. and Kreuger, A. (1995). "Myth and Measurement—The New Economics of the Minimum Wage", Princetown University Press, 1995.
    • Katz, L. and Kreuger, A. (1992). "The Effects of the Minimum Wage on the Fast-Food Industry", Industrial and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 46, No.1.
    • Neumark, D. and Wascher, W. (1995). "The Effect of New Jersey's Minimum Wage Increase on Fast-Food Eemployment: A Re-Evaluation Using Payroll Data", National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 5224.
    • Report of the Minimum Wage Study Commission (1981). Vol. 1. [This report contains an assessment of the Federal minimum based on a large number of studies.]
    • Walsh, K. (1991). "A Comparative Review of Minimum Wage Systems" in "Minimum Wage—An Analysis of the Issues". Institute for Personnel Management.
    • Vedder, R. and Gallaway, L. (1995). "Minimum Wages Cost Jobs".
  5. (v) Studies of the employment effects of the minimum wage in EU member states:
    • Ducos, and Plassard (1991). "Young People's Employment and the Minimum Wage".
    • Van Soest, A. (1994)"Youth Minimum Wage Rates: The Dutch Experience".
  6. (vi) References to international evidence of the employment effects of minimum wage legislation in work conducted by the ILO and the OECD:
    • ILO (1992). "Minimum Wages, Wage Fixing Machinery, Application and Supervision", International Labour Office.
    • OECD, (1991). "1990–91 OECD Economic Surveys, France".
    • OECD, (1989). "1988–89 Economic Surveys, Netherlands".
    • OECD, (1990). "Labour Market Policies for the 1990s".
    • OECD, (1994). "The Jobs Study: Evidence and Explanations Part Two". OECD, Paris, 1994.
    • Starr, G. (1981). "Minimum Wage Fixing", International Labour Office.
    • Bazen, S. and Martin (1991). "Impact of the Minimum Wage on Earnings and Employment in France", OECD Economic Studies No. 16.
  7. (vii) Other articles and correspondence concerning the debate about the employment effects of the wages councils, and minimum wages. For example, a recent Fabian Society pamphlet by Fred Bayliss; various publications by the Low Pay Unit; and New Economy, Winter 1995, Vol. 2, Issue 4.