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Labor Standards: National and International

Labour standards, national and international (JEL J8) cover the regulation of working conditions.

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Scope

It includes minimum wages, working-hours and safety regulation, and international labour standards.

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Core questions

  • How should working conditions be regulated?
  • What are the effects of minimum wages and labour standards?
  • How do international labour standards work?

Key concepts

  • Minimum wage
  • Working conditions
  • Occupational safety
  • Labour regulation
  • International labour standards

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Do minimum wages reduce employment?
Contested: the competitive model predicts job losses, but much quasi-experimental evidence finds small effects, reviving monopsony models.

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