wages and employment using data based only on the observed cross-sectional distribution of wages. They, and others who have … used this method, have generally found that the minimum wage causes substantial losses in employment. In this paper we …

employment came undone; on balance, however, the recent estimates seem if anything smaller than those suggested by the earlier …

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 review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages - in the United States and other … wide range of existing estimates and, accordingly, a lack of consensus about the overall effects on low-wage employment of … view that the minimum wage reduces the employment of low-wage workers is clearly incorrect. A sizable majority of the …

We review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages—in the United States and other countries … consensus now exists about the overall effects on low-wage employment of an increase in the minimum wage. However, the oft …-stated assertion that this recent research fails to support the traditional view that the minimum wage reduces the employment of low …

steady increases in the effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, young and middle-aged female workers …

employment, wages, and hours of work. In order to assess whether the changes experienced by workers in the sectors analysed were …

employment, and whether they responded at the intensive margin by reducing hours of work. The law also required non-wage benefits …. The results suggest a significant reduction in employment in Agriculture from the minimum wage, an increase in wages on …

increase. Compulsory increases in average wages had negative but statistically insignificant effects on overall employment …. However, increases in the relative wages of teenagers led to significant increases in the relative employment of teenagers … labor market participation and to higher absolute employment of teenagers. …

effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, middle-aged female workers, but the mechanical effect associated …