Hammond drafts in economics expert for minimum wage impact evidence

Arindrajit Dube, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been appointed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond to undertake a review of the international evidence on the impacts of minimum wages. Hammond made the announcement as part of his 2019 Spring Statement to parliament on March 13.

Dube has been asked to review the international evidence on the impacts of minimum wages, with a particular focus on innovative and ambitious minimum wage models, and to consider the role of individual labor market characteristics in determining such effects.

He will consider the implications for U.K. minimum wage policy, in particular assessing whether the employment effects of minimum wages in the UK could be different to other countries, given differences in labor market characteristics.

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