Katz, Lawrence F.; Krueger, Alan B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1992
changes in the federal minimum wage on a low-wage labor market The authors draw four main conclusions. First, the survey … majority paid a starting wage below the new hourly minimum wage immediately before the new minimum went into effect. Second … 1990 and 1991, recent increases in the federal minimum wage have greatly compressed the distribution of starting wages in …