Theory predicts that minimum wages will reduce employer-provided on-the-job training designed to improve workers … effects of minimum wages on the amount of both types of training received by young workers by exploiting cross-state variation … in minimum wage increases. The evidence provides considerable support for the hypothesis that higher minimum wages reduce …

compress the structure of wages in the general skills of their employees. The reason is that the distortion in the wage … wages and union wage setting, are crucial in shaping the wage structure thus have an important impact on training. Our …

important determinants of labor-market outcomes, including occupations and wages. We show that technological and organizational … wages increased more rapidly while the wages of blacks grew more slowly over these years relative to earlier years. …

Becker's theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers … perfectly competitive labor markets underlying this theory is relaxed, minimum wages can increase training of affected workers … evidence that minimum wages reduce training. These results are consistent with our model, but difficult to reconcile with the …