Minimum wages - Neumark, David (MIT Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-357) and index
Introduction -- The history of the minimum wage in the United States -- The effects of minimum wages on employment -- Minimum wage effects on the distribution of wages and earnings -- The effects of minimum wages on the distribution of incomes -- The effects of minimum wages on skills -- The effects of minimum wages on prices and profits -- The political economy of minimum wages -- Summary and conclusions
This is a comprehensive review of evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labour market outcomes, and concludes that the minimum wage is not a good policy tool