Date of Award

6-15-2024

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A. in Economics

Organizational Unit

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Economics

First Advisor

Markus Schneider

Second Advisor

Robert Urquhart

Third Advisor

Christina Kreps

Fourth Advisor

Henning Schwardt

Keywords

Economic research design, Institutional models, Labour economics, Minimum wage, Neoclassical labour economics

Abstract

This thesis aims to explore the evolution of research methodologies in the minimum wage debate, focusing on the contrasting perspectives of the neoclassical and institutional models. By examining the changes in research methodologies employed by economists from these two schools, this study seeks to shed the light on the shifting paradigms and the impact of these changes on our understanding of minimum wage policies and their implications. This highlights the limitations of relying on one economic school of thought in understanding socio-economic phenomena complexations and policy decisions. As well as it creates the necessity to critical evaluation of the method of economic research design, and essential need to adopt methodological pluralism which built upon diverse range of theoretical frameworks and empirical methodologies to understand the complexities inherent in real-world economic phenomena.

Copyright Date

6-2024

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

Ghofran ALRebh

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

66 pgs

File Size

266 KB



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