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Minimum wages, the earned income tax credit, and employment : evidence from the post-welfare reform era

Neumark, David (contributor); … - 2007

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 … the EITC boosts employment and earnings for minority women, and coupling the EITC with a higher minimum wage appears to …

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The econometrics and economics of the employment effects of minimum wages : getting from known unknowns to known knowns

Neumark, David - 2018

I discuss the econometrics and the economics of past research on the effects of minimum wages on employment in the … answer about the employment effects of minimum wages. My secondary goal is to discuss how we can narrow the range of …

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Fiscal zoning, sales taxes, and employment : do higher sales taxes lead to more jobs in retailing and fewer jobs in manufacturing?

Burnes, Daria; Neumark, David; White, Michelle J. - 2012

likely to use fiscal zoning to attract retailing. We find that total retail employment is not significantly affected by local … sales tax rates, but employment in big box and anchor stores is higher significantly in jurisdictions with higher sales tax … stores and shopping centers. We also find that the effect of local sales taxes on big box and anchor store retail employment …

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The effect of occupational licensing on consumer welfare : early midwifery laws and maternal mortality

Anderson, D. Mark; Brown, Ryan; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; … - 2016

Occupational licensing is intended to protect consumers. Whether it does so is an important, but unanswered, question. Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery laws introduced during the period 1900-1940, and using a rich data set that we...

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The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families : what do we know now?

Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - 2012

laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of … in urban poverty. -- living wage ; wages ; employment ; poverty …

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The effects of living wage laws : evidence from failed and derailed living wage campaigns

Adams, Scott J. (contributor); Neumark, David (contributor) - 2005

employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar … laws in nearby cities. -- living wages ; wages ; employment …

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Public health efforts and the decline in urban mortality : reply to Cutler and Miller

Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Rees, Daniel I. - 2019

This is a rejoinder to a comment written by Cutler and Miller on our recent paper, "Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality" (IZA DP No. 11773), which reanalyzes data used by Cutler and Miller to investigate the determinants of the urban mortality decline from 1900 to 1936. Two...

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Public health efforts and the decline in urban mortality

Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Rees, Daniel I. - 2018

Using data on 25 major American cities for the period 1900-1940, we explore the effects of municipal-level public health efforts that were viewed as critical in the fight against food- and water-borne diseases. In addition to studying interventions such as treating sewage and setting strict...

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Water purification efforts and the black-white infant mortality gap, 1906-1938

Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Rees, Daniel I.; … - 2019

According to Troesken (2004), efforts to purify municipal water supplies at the turn of the 20th century dramatically improved the relative health of blacks. There is, however, little empirical evidence to support the Troesken hypothesis. Using city-level data published by the U.S. Bureau of the...

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Was the first public health campaign successful? : the tuberculosis movement and its effect on mortality

Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Olivares, … - 2017

The U.S. tuberculosis movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Dedicated to eradicating a specific disease, it was spearheaded by voluntary associations and supported by the sale of Christmas seals. Although remarkable in its scope and intensity, the...

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