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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 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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Alternative labor market policies to increase economic self-sufficiency: mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, and raising productivity

Neumark, David (contributor) - 2008

The principal means by which individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency is through labor market earnings. As a consequence, it is natural for policy makers to look to interventions that increase the ability of individuals and families to achieve an adequate standard of living...

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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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The expected, perceived, and realized inflation of U.S. households before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Weber, Michael; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Coibion, Olivier - 2022

We examine the efficacy of affirmative action at universities whose value depends on peer and alumni networks. We study an elite Brazilian university that adopted race- and income-based affirmative action at a large scale. Using employer-employee data, we show that a key benefit of attending the...

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How did U.S. consumers use their stimulus payments

Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Weber, Michael - 2020

Using a large-scale survey of U.S. consumers, we study how the large one-time transfers to individuals from the CARES Act affected their consumption, saving and labor supply decisions. Most respondents report that they primarily saved or paid down debts with their transfers, with only about 15...

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Demand stimulus as social policy

Auerbach, Alan J.; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Murphy, Daniel P. - 2022

We exploit a panel of city-level data with rich demographic information to estimate the distributional effects of Department of Defense spending and its effects on a range of social outcomes. The income generated by defense spending accrues predominantly to households without a bachelor's...

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The cost of the COVID-19 crisis : lockdowns, macroeconomic expectations, and consumer spending

Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Weber, Michael - 2020

decline in employment in recent months as well as declines in consumer spending. While lockdowns have pronounced effects on …

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