Research and analysis

Low Pay Commission research 2017

Commissioned research, used to inform the Low Pay Commission's (LPC's) 2017 recommendations on the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.

Documents

LPC research summary 2017

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Employment and Hours Impacts of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage in Northern Ireland, McVicar, Park and McGuinness

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Non-Standard Contracts and the National Living Wage, Moore, Antunes, White, Tailby and Newsome

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The National Living Wage: employers’ responses to the 2017 increase, Incomes Data Research

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The Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage in New Zealand: Case Study Evidence from Small Owner-Operators and Employees in the Food, Clothing and Hospitality Sectors, de Vries

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Estimating the impact of the October 2015 increase in the Apprentice Rate, Frontier Economics

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Non-Compliance and the National Living Wage: Case Study Evidence from Ethnic Minority and Migrant-Owned Businesses, Ram, Edwards, Meardi, Jones, Doldor, Kispeter and Villares-Varela

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Pay settlements in the low-paying sectors, Incomes Data Research

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Minimum wage and the propensity to atomate offshore, Lordan

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The National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage and the tax and benefit system, Brewer and De Agostini

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Details

The findings and any views expressed are those of the authors, and are not necessarily endorsed by the LPC.

Research commissioned for our previous reports is available here:

Research reports for autumn 2016

Research reports for spring 2016

Research reports for 2015

Research reports for 2014

Research reports for 2012 and 2013

[Research reports prior to 2012 that are available electronically can be found on the National Archives website.]

Details of all the research we have commissioned can also be found in an appendix to each of our reports. The research summary from the 2017 report is included above.

Updates to this page

Published 23 November 2017

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