We analyze the impacts of recent city minimum wage increases in California and nationwide, following a pre …-analysis plan (PAP) registered prior to the release of data covering two years of minimum wage increases. For California cities we …

We evaluate the effects of one of a new generation of economic development programs, the California Competes Tax Credit …

Many U.S. cities have recently increased their minimum wages, especially in California. We report results from carrying … employment effects, in our analysis of California cities we find a hint of negative employment effects, but the estimates are …. In our panel data analyses of all California or national local minimum wages, there is evidence pointing to declines in …