reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them …

A central issue in estimating the employment effects of minimum wages is the appropriate comparison group for states … correlated with minimum wage increases. They argue that using "local controls" establishes that higher minimum wages do not … reduce employment of less-skilled workers. In Neumark et al. (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67:608-648, 2014), we present evidence that …

Employment rates of Hispanic males in the United States are considerably lower than employment rates of whites. In the … data used in this paper, the Hispanic male employment rate is 61 percent, compared with 83 percent for white men.1 The … question of the employment disadvantage of Hispanic men likely has many parallels to the question of the employment …

, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts … continuing or renewed interest are hiring credits, higher (sometimes much higher) minimum wages, and a more substantial earned …

We test the effects of labor market networks defined by residential neighborhoods on re-employment following mass … employers by other network members. These network measures are linked to more rapid re-employment following mass layoffs, and to … re-employment at neighbors’ employers. We also find evidence that network connections – especially those that provide …