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cite: Gilbert2001
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author: Gilbert, A., Phimister, E., & Theodossiou, I.
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year: 2001
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title: The potential impact of the minimum wage in rural areas
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publisher: Regional Studies
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uri: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400120084759
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pubtype: article
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discipline: economic
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country: United Kingdom
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period: 1991-1998
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maxlength: 84
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targeting: implicit
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group: rural workers
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data: national administrative panel survey British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
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design: observational
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method: observational methods with counterfactual approach
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sample: 5500
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unit: household
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representativeness: subnational, rural
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causal: 1 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
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theory:
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limitations: has to assume no effects on employment
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observation:
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- intervention: minimum wage
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institutional: 1
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structural: 0
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agency: 0
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inequality: spatial; income
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type: 0 # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
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indicator: 1 # 0 absolute / 1 relative
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measures: Gini coeff
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findings: overall insignificant decrease of income inequality; policy will have spatial dimension with rural households more affected; larger positive impact for remote rural households
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channels: rural component depends on proximity to urban areas through having access to urban markets
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direction: -1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
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significance: 1 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
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notes:
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annotation: |
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A study looking at the distributional effects of introducing a minimum wage in Britain, with a specific spatial component.
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Overall it finds little effect on income inequality in the country.
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It finds that the effects on rural areas differ depending on their proximity to urban areas.
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While overall income inequality only decreases a small amount, the intervention results in effective targeting with remote rural households having around twice the reduction in inequality compared to others.
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Rural areas that are accessible to urban markets are less affected, with insignificant impacts to overall income inequality reduction.
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One limit of the study is that it has to assume no effects on employment after the enaction of the minimum wage for its results to hold.
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