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 …

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 … reduce employment of less-skilled workers. In Neumark et al. (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67:608-648, 2014), we present evidence that …

This study examines how minimum wage laws affect the employment and earnings of low-skilled immigrants and natives in … adverse employment effects among adult immigrants or natives who did not complete high school. However, low-skilled immigrants …

We use county-level data on employment and earnings in the restaurant-and-bar sector to evaluate the impact of minimum … given time period. Our evidence does not suggest that minimum wages reduce employment in the overall restaurant …-and-bar sector, after controls for trends in sector employment at the county level are incorporated in the model. Employment in this …

In this paper I review what we have learned about living wage laws and their impacts on the wages, employment and … raised wage levels of low wage workers and have reduced their employment at covered firms, but that the magnitudes of both …