We revisit the minimum wage-employment debate, which is as old as the Department of Labor. In particular, we assess new … heterogeneity and conclude that minimum wages in the United States have not reduced employment. We explore the ability of these …

the 1990-2004 period affect unemployment as well as the employment and average wages of workers in different sectors of … the average wage and a reduction in employment of -0.46%. We find that increases in the private sector minimum wage are …

Changes in the legislation in the mid-80s in Portugal provide remarkably good conditions for analysis of the employment … well as in new firms and those going out of business, using a count regression model applied to proportions. Employment … on youth employment without decomposing it by type of worker flow. …

We review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages - in the United States and other … wide range of existing estimates and, accordingly, a lack of consensus about the overall effects on low-wage employment of … view that the minimum wage reduces the employment of low-wage workers is clearly incorrect. A sizable majority of the …

effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, middle-aged female workers, but the mechanical effect associated …

heterogeneity in the wage elasticities, consistent with differential bites in the policy. In contrast, the employment estimates …

reform. We find no robust evidence of adverse effects on youth employment or hours worked. In fact, we find stronger evidence … of positive employment responses to the changes for both groups of teenagers, and that 16-17 year-olds increased their … hours worked by 10-15 percent following the minimum wage changes. Given the absence of any adverse employment effects, we …