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

We estimate the effects of living wage laws on wages of low-wage workers, focusing on the timing of policy, spurious … effects of living wage laws and find evidence consistent with tradeoffs between wages and employment …

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 … still points to job loss from minimum wages for very low-skilled workers - in particular, for teens. …

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 …