the work force. However, estimates of employment effects of minimum wages tell us little about whether minimum wages are … can achieve this goal; even if the disemployment effects of minimum wages are modest, minimum wage increases could result … in net income losses for poor families. We present evidence on the effects of minimum wages on family incomes from …

minimum wages, attempting to understand the vigorous support of labor unions for minimum wage increases. Using the same … the minimum wage, including wages, hours, employment, and ultimately labor income, representing the central margins of … surprisingly, higher-wage workers are little affected. Although wages of low-wage workers increase , their hours and employment …

is accounted for by change in each of the family income components such as wages, employment, and hours worked of family … families. Structural changes in wages, largely regarded as the major culprit of the increase in income inequality, explain less …

and find strong evidence of smoothing of males and females permanent shocks to wages. Once family labor supply, assets and …

of consumption insurance against shocks to male and female wages, as estimated empirically by Blundell, Pistaferri and …

and to declining real wages of less skilled males during the 1980s. We find that while the male wage declines are …