Minimum Wages and Employment: Replication of Card and Krueger (1994) Using the CIC Estimator

We employ the original Card and Krueger (1994) data and the CIC estimator to reexamine the evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment. Our main finding is that the controversial result remains valid only for small fast-food restaurants. This finding is accompanied with a new possible explanation.

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Year of publication:	2010-04
Authors:	Ropponen, Olli
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	CIC estimator \| employment \| minimum wage \| nonlinear treatment effect models

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	J38 - Public Policy ; C21 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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