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Minimum Wages and Labour Demand for Low-skilled Workers

The aim of this project was to examine the effects of minimum wages on employment and other outcomes. A study of the effects of employment protection – in Sweden and in other countries. From 2022 is this project connected to the program Institutions, Markets and Enterprise.

Project manager
Per Skedinger

+46 (0)8 665 4553
+46 (0)70 486 0389
per.skedinger@ifn.se

Project participants
Simon Ek, Uppsala University and IFN

Mats Hammarstedt, Linnaeus University and IFN

Per Lundborg, Stockholm University

This project provided information about the levels and differentiation of minimum wages in Sweden and examined the effects of minimum wages on employment and other outcomes. Specifically, the project considered the effects of minimum wages on employment in firms with differences in financial performance, the impact of minimum wages on the labour market integration of refugee immigrants as well as the labour market prospects of natives and immigrants in low-skilled occupations. 

The project was financed by the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.