Do moderate increases in the minimum wage reduce employment? If not, do they nevertheless raise wages? To examine these questions, we apply techniques of time-series analysis and systems estimation that are commonly used in macroeconomics and finance to five panels of data that contain between...

Long-term marketing effectiveness is a high priority research topic for managers (Marketing Science Institute 2002), and recent research applied flexible models of dynamic market interactions to measure the net long-term performance impact of marketing actions. Unfortunately, this net long-term...

Long-term marketing effectiveness is a high priority research topic for managers (Marketing Science Institute 2002), and recent research applied flexible models of dynamic market interactions to measure the net long-term performance impact of marketing actions. Unfortunately, this net long-term...

The authors perform a meta-analysis of more than 200 published studies on the effects of raising the minimum wage to determine impacts on employment, wages, and more.

The rise in inequality between the 1970s and the 1990s and the persistent gap in pay between large and small employers are two of the most robust findings in the study of labor markets. Mainstream economists focus on differences in observable and unobservable skills to explain both the overall...

Unions suffered a modest decline in their capacity to increase wages over nonunion levels between the late 1970s and the middle 1990s according to evidence presented here. The decline in relative wages was significant in only 13 (of 78) industries examined; in 11 industries the differential...

The Retail Food Industry Center established the Supermarket Panel in 1998 as the basis for ongoing study of the supermarket industry. The Panel is comprised of individual stores that provide information annually on store characteristics, operations, and performance. The Panel has two overall...

The Retail Food Industry Center established the Supermarket Panel in 1998 as the basis for ongoing study of the supermarket industry. The Panel is comprised of individual stores that provide information annually on store characteristics, operations, and performance. The Panel has two overall...