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The Minimum Wage in the UK and Beyond

Hosted by LSE Works: Centre for Economic Performance

Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House,

Speakers

Professor Alan Manning

Nicola Smith

Chair

Professor Sir David Metcalf

The Centre for Economic Performance has played an important role in the development of the UK’s National Minimum Wage, which was voted the most successful government policy of the last 30 years.  But the minimum wage seems to be stuck in something of a rut and there are many ideas for how to rejuvenate it.  This lecture will show how evidence can be used to evaluate these proposals.

Alan Manning is Professor of Economics and Director of theCommunity Programme at the Centre for Economic  Performance (CEP) at LSE.

Nicola Smith (@nicolatuc) is Head of Economic and Social Affairs at the TUC.

David Metcalf is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations in the Department of Management and Associate in the Labour Markets Programme of the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE.

The Centre for Economic Performance (@CEP_LSE) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the LSE Research Laboratory. It was established by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 1990 and is now one of the leading economic research groups in Europe.

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Slides

A copy of Professor Alan Manning's powerpoint presentation is available to download. Download The Minimum Wage in the UK and Beyond (pdf).

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