Research and analysis

Low Pay Commission research 2015

The Low Pay Commission (LPC) commissions research projects to inform its work. The following four reports informed the LPC's 2015 recommendations.

Documents

The impact of the National Minimum Wage on employment and hours, Bewley and Wilkinson

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The impact of the minimum wage on young people, London Economics

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The impact of the National Minimum Wage on UK businesses, Riley and Rosazza Bondibene

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The measurement of apprentice pay, Drew, Ritchie and Veliziotis

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The minimum wage, taxes and benefits, New Policy Institute

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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 reports for 2014

Research reports for 2013 and 2012

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 be found in an appendix to each of our reports.

The LPC’s 2015 report can be found here.

Published 17 March 2015
Last updated 1 March 2018 + show all updates
  1. NPI report added

  2. First published.