Adair Turner, Chairman of the Low Pay Commission, is the guest speaker at the next Policy Studies Institute lunchtime seminar on 2 December. He will address an invited audience of policy makers, employment policy researchers, unions and other organisations on the future of the national minimum wage.
When the minimum wage was introduced, some proponents believed that it might produce beneficial improvements in productivity and training, while opponents feared that it would destroy jobs. Adair Turner's presentation will consider the evidence on a sector by sector basis, and analyse the economic theory which should underpin an assessment of past and potential future impacts.
The discussant at the seminar will be Professor Steve Machin from University College London and it will be chaired by PSI's Director, Professor Jim Skea.
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What can we reasonably expect from a minimum wage?
A PSI lunchtime seminar
at 12.00pm on Monday 2 December at PSI, 100 Park Village East, London NW1
The seminar will end with a buffet lunch at 1.30pm.
For further information contact Nelleke van Helfteren, PSI, 100 Park Village East, London NW1 3SR, Tel 020 7468 0468, Fax 020 7468 2211, email vanheln@psi.org.uk
Policy Studies Institute is a registered charity and has no association with any political party, pressure group or commercial interest. Over the past decade, the Employment Group has completed more than 100 research studies, investigating labour market inequality and disadvantage, as well as new programmes and new methods of delivery for government services and policies. Other work has addressed the prediction of long-term unemployment, the impact of the flexible labour market, transitions between school and work and changing patterns of employment relations. The Group currently consists of 13 permanent research staff plus external research associates. Disciplinary backgrounds of those currently working in the Group include sociology, economics, political science, statistics, psychology and industrial relations.