5. June 2023 | Interviews
Alan Manning: “It is important to have institutions such as the minimum wage to adress the market power of employers”
The experience and research on minimum wage in the United Kingdom also influenced the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany and an in other countries according to Alan Manning. In this regard, he speaks of his research connections to the IAB and how he appreciates the IAB’s special access to data that the United Kingdom does not have.
Alan Manning gave this interview on the sidelines of an IAB workshop on incomplete competition in the labour market in May 2023.
https://youtu.be/HZCzRQDTCXY
More about Alan Manning
Alan Manning is a British economist and professor of economics at the London School of Economics. He is one of the leading labour economists globally, having made major contributions to the analysis of the imperfections of labour markets, the minimum wage literature, migration, and job polarisation.
doi: 10.48720/IAB.FOO.20230605.02
Authors:
- Jutta Winters