MINIMUM WAGE EFFECTS ACROSS STATE BORDERS: ESTIMATES USING CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES

We use policy discontinuities at state borders to identify the effects of minimum wages on earnings and employment in restaurants and other low-wage sectors. Our approach generalizes the case study method by considering all local differences in minimum wage policies between 1990 and 2006. We compare...

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Published in:The review of economics and statistics 2010-11, Vol.92 (4), p.945-964
Main Authors: Dube, Arindrajit, Lester, T. William, Reich, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1990-2006
Border protection
Border regions
Borders
Case studies
Censuses
Coefficients
Earnings
Economic conditions
Employment
Erwerbstätigkeit
Gastgewerbe
Gemeinde
Hotel industry
Long term
Mindestlohn
Minimum wage
Minimum wages
Niedriglohn
Private sector
Restaurant industry
Restaurants
Service industry
Standard error
Studies
U.S.A
Unemployment
Wage areas
Wage differential
Wage structure
Wages
Wages & salaries
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