living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce … employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar …

laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …

heterogeneity and conclude that minimum wages in the United States have not reduced employment. We explore the ability of these …We revisit the minimum wage-employment debate, which is as old as the Department of Labor. In particular, we assess new … evidence still shows that minimum wages pose a tradeoff of higher wages for some against job losses for others, and that …

-secondary education, and coop, school enterprise, and internship/apprenticeship programs boost employment and decrease idleness after …

We review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages - in the United States and other … negative employment effects of minimum wages. In addition, among the papers we view as providing the most credible evidence … positive employment effects of minimum wages, especially from those studies that focus on the broader groups (rather than a …

We estimate the effects of Wal-Mart stores on county-level retail employment and earnings, accounting for endogeneity … employment results indicate that a Wal-Mart store opening reduces county-level retail employment by about 150 workers, implying … retail employment. The payroll results indicate that Wal-Mart store openings lead to declines in county-level retail earnings …

that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception of high school dropouts. In contrast, evidence strongly suggests … that the EITC boosts employment of young women (although not teenagers). We also explore how minimum wages and the EITC …We study the effects of minimum wages and the EITC in the post-welfare reform era. For the minimum wage, the evidence …

Exposure to minimum wages at young ages may lead to longer-run effects. Among the possible adverse longer-run effects … are decreased labor market experience and accumulation of tenure, lower current labor supply because of lower wages, and … diminished training and skill acquisition. Beneficial longer-run effects could arise if minimum wages increase skill acquisition …