Dube, Arindrajit; Naidu, Suresh; Reich, Michael - In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review 60 (2007) 4, pp. 522-543
This paper presents the first study of the economic effects of a citywide minimum wage---San Francisco's adoption of a minimum wage of $8.50 in early 2004. Using data from a balanced panel of restaurants and a variety of control groups, the authors find that the policy increased pay, compressed...