Do minimum wages raise employment? Evidence from the U.S. retail-trade sector
This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on earnings and employment in selected branches of the retail-trade sector, 1990-2005, using county-level data on employment and a panel regression framework that allows for county-specific trends in sectoral outcomes. We focus on specific subsectors within retail trade that are identified as particularly low-wage. We find little evidence of disemployment effects once we allow for geographic-specific trends. Indeed, in many sectors the evidence points to modest (but robust) positive employment effects.
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2009
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Authors: | Addison, John T. ; Blackburn, McKinley L. ; Cotti, Chad D. |
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Labour Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0927-5371. - Vol. 16.2009, 4, p. 397-408
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Minimum wages Wages and employment County-level data Spatial trends Border county analysis Unions Right-to-work states |
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