National Minimum Wage

Research Programme for the 2013 Report
Appendix 2: Low Pay Commission Research
25 We have commissioned the following projects to inform the recommendations in our next
report:
●● An Analysis of the Impact of the National Minimum Wage on Earnings, Employment
and Hours Through the Recession Mark Bryan, Andrea Salvatori and Mark Taylor
(Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex)
●● An Investigation into the Impact of the Minimum Wage Regime on Employment and
Hours of Young Workers by Sector and Size of Firm Jan Fidrmuc (Brunel University) and
Juan de Dios Tena Horillo (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
●● An Assessment of the Impact of the Introduction of the Apprentice Rate of the
National Minimum Wage Felix Behling and Stefan Speckesser (Institute for Employment
Studies)
●● The Substitution Rate Between Low-pay Workers and the National Minimum Wage
Gauthier Lanot and Panos Sousounis (Keele University)
●● The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on Firm Behaviour During the Recession
Rebecca Riley and Chiara Rosazza Bondibene (National Institute of Economic and Social
Research)
●● The Impact of the National Minimum Wage Regime on Firm Investment and Labour
Hoarding During the Recent Recession Claire Crawford, Wenchao Jin (Institute for Fiscal
Studies), Helen Simpson (University of Bristol) and Anna Vignoles (Institute of Education,
University of London)
●● Analysing the Interaction of the National Minimum Wage with the Tax and Benefits
System Mike Brewer, Paola De Agostini, Francesco Figari and Holly Sutherland (Institute
for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex)
●● An Investigation into the Extent of Non-compliance with the National Minimum
Wage Paolo Lucchino, Stephanus le Roux and David Wilkinson (National Institute of
Economic and Social Research).
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