Esposito, Christopher; Leamer, Edward E.; Nickelsburg, Jerry - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In the restaurant industry, the incidence of an increase in the minimum wage may fall on restaurant owners, customers … wage law and in 2016 the State of California passed a different minimum wage law. This created two minimum wage schedules … analysis shows that the incidence of Los Angeles City's higher minimum wage fell on customers in high-income neighborhoods, and …