RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The impact of minimum wage on employment in Poland T2 El impacto del salario mínimo sobre la ocupación en Polonia A1 Majchrowska, Aleksandra A1 Zólkiewski, Zbigniew K1 Minimum wage K1 Employment K1 Salario mínimo K1 Empleo K1 Economía K1 Economics K1 Geografía K1 Geography K1 Sociología K1 Sociology AB The purpose of this paper is to verify the hypothesis that minimumwage might have negative impact on employment in Poland, at least for some workers groups and regions. After having reviewed theoretical literature on minimum wage and having discussed stylized facts on labour market in Poland, the authors define econometric model to check the impact of minimum wage on employmentin Poland and then discuss the results. The main conclusions of the study may be summarized as follows: i) minimum wage has had an adverse impact on employment in 1999-2010; ii) the adverse effect of minimum wage on employment has been pronounced for the young workers during the period of substantial increase of the minimum wage (2005-2010), and iii) there is some evidence that a uniform national minimum wage may be particularly harmful to employment in poorest regions. PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR) SN 2340-2717 YR 2012 FD 2012 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27084 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27084 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 29-mar-2024