@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8123, author={Danziger, Eliav and Danziger, Leif}, title={A Pareto-Improving Minimum Wage}, year={2014}, month={Apr}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8123}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8123}, abstract={This paper shows that a graduated minimum wage, in contrast to a constant minimum wage, can provide a strict Pareto improvement over what can be achieved with an optimal income tax. The reason is that a graduated minimum wage requires high-productivity workers to work more to earn the same income as low-productivity workers, which makes it more difficult for the former to mimic the latter. In effect, a graduated minimum wage allows the low-productivity workers to benefit from second-degree price discrimination which increases their income.}, keywords={Pareto improvement;graduated minimum wage}, }