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Restaurant prices and the minimum wage
Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan; Le Bihan, Hervé - 2009
We examine the effect of the minimum wage on restaurant prices. We contribute to both the study of economic impact of the minimum wage and to the micro patterns of price stickiness. For that purpose, we use a unique dataset of individual price quotes collected to calculate the Consumer Price...
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The effect of tip credits on earnings and employment in the US restaurant industry
Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2012
According to federal law in 2012, employers can take a credit of up to $5.13 for tips received by workers in satisfying the minimum wage requirement of $7.25. This study uses interstate variation in laws regarding tip credits and minimum wages to identify the effects of reducing or eliminating...
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The compromise effect in action : lessons from a restaurant's menu
Pinger, Pia; Ruhmer-Krell, Isabel; Schumacher, Heiner - 2016
The compromise effect refers to individuals' tendency to choose intermediate options. Its existence has been demonstrated in a large number of hypothetical choice experiments. This paper uses field data from a specialties restaurant to investigate the existence and strength of the compromise...
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A structural empirical model of firm growth, learning, and survival
Abbring, Jaap H. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Has the growth in "fast casual" Mexican restaurants impacted weight gain?
Giuntella, Osea - 2018
The United States is witnessing a boom in fast casual restaurants owing to the recent growth of ethnic restaurants throughout the country. This study examines the effects of proximity to a Mexican restaurant - the dominant type of ethnic fast casual restaurant – on maternal and child health. I...
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Wages, minimum wages, and price pass-through: the case of McDonald's restaurants
Ashenfelter, Orley; Jurajda, Štěpán - 2021
We use price and wage data from McDonald's restaurants to provide evidence on wage increases, labor-saving technology introduction, and price pass-through by a large low-wage employer facing a flurry of minimum wage hikes from 2016-2020. We estimate an elasticity of hourly wage rates with...
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Minimum wages and restaurant employment for teens and adults in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas
Winters, John V. - 2022
This study estimates effects of minimum wages on individual restaurant employment using the 2005-2019 Current Population Survey (CPS) and a two-way fixed effects regression model. I examine effects for teens and adults with less than an associate's degree for the entire U.S. and by metropolitan...
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Swallow this : childhood and adolescent exposure to fast food restaurants, BMI, and cognitive ability
Abrahamsson, Sara; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2023
Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...
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The effect of minimum wages on wages and employment : county-level estimates for the United States
Addison, John T. (contributor);  … - 2008
We use county-level data on employment and earnings in the restaurant-and-bar sector to evaluate the impact of minimum wage changes on low-wage labor markets. Our empirical approach is similar to the literature that has used state-level panel data to estimate minimum-wage impacts, with the...
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational …
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