Abstract:

The article offers a pluralist route along which different theoretical approaches can be integrated into a common framework. It proposes to use causal mapping and combine it with a micro-meso-macro architecture to get well-structured descriptions of different economic theories and to provide a good foundation for integrating these theories. In order to illustrate this point and to shed some new light on a contested economic issue, the article applies this strategy to the minimum wage debate. It follows from the analysis that from a theoretical viewpoint, the effect of the minimum wage on employment is indeed ambiguous, which is perfectly in line with the existing empirical evidence.

摘要：

本文提供了一条多元化的途径，可以将不同的理论方法整合到一个共同的框架中。它建议使用因果映射，并将其与微观-宏观-宏观体系相结合，以获得对不同经济理论的结构化描述，并为整合这些理论提供良好的基础。为了说明这一点并为有争议的经济问题提供一些新的启示，本文将这种策略应用于最低工资的辩论。从分析中可以看出，从理论上讲，最低工资对就业的影响确实是模棱两可的，这与现有的经验证据完全吻合。