Firms' location decisions and minimum wages

We consider the impact minimum wage laws have on firms' location choices in a new economic geography model with exogenous minimum wage constraints. The minimum wage policy has a twofold influence on the relative attractiveness of the home country, simultaneously affecting its relative cost comp...

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Volume:	40
Main Author:	Méjean, Isabelle Patureau, Lise
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 2010 ELSEVIER Elsevier
published in:	Regional science and urban economics Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 45 - 59
Data of publication:	2010
ISSN:	0166-0462 1879-2308
EISSN:	1879-2308
Discipline:	Economics Sociology & Social History
Series:	Regional Science and Urban Economics
Subjects:	Home Market Effect Firms' location decisions Minimum wage Economics Environmental Studies Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Urban Studies Business & Economics Environmental Sciences & Ecology Science & Technology Minimum wage Home Market Effect Firms' location decisions Manufacturing costs Labor market Labor law Wages Analysis R3 F21 F12 Home Market Effect Firms' location decisions F16 Minimum wage AGGLOMERATION EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2010 Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS