abstract: 'What is the impact of raising the minimum wage on family incomes? Using

  data from the 1994-1995 to 2002-2003 Survey of Income and Housing, the

  characteristics of low-wage workers are analysed. Those who earn

  near-minimum wages are disproportionately female, unmarried and young,

  without postschool qualifications and overseas born. About one-third of

  near-minimum-wage workers are the sole worker in their household. Due to

  low labour force participation rates in the poorest households,

  minimum-wage workers are most likely to be in middle-income households.

  Under plausible parameters for the effect of minimum wages on hourly

  wages and employment, it appears unlikely that raising the minimum wage

  will significantly lower family income inequality.'
affiliation: 'Leigh, A (Corresponding Author), Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Social
  Sci, Social Policy Evaluat Analysis \& Res Ctr, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

  Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Social Sci, Social Policy Evaluat Analysis \& Res
  Ctr, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.'
author: Leigh, Andrew
author-email: andrew.leigh@anu.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Leigh
  given: Andrew
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00432.x
files: []
issn: 0013-0249
journal: ECONOMIC RECORD
keywords-plus: AUSTRALIA
language: English
month: DEC
number: '263'
number-of-cited-references: '22'
orcid-numbers: Leigh, Andrew/0000-0002-5639-0509
pages: 432-445
papis_id: 2b8ddf40ce0ccd38192376e9b05597ec
ref: Leigh2007doesraising
researcherid-numbers: Leigh, Andrew/AAV-1366-2020
times-cited: '23'
title: Does raising the minimum wage help the poor?
type: Article
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volume: '83'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2007'