, generating spurious evidence that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Using minimum wage variation within contiguous county … pairs that share a state border, they find no relationship between minimum wages and employment in the U.S. restaurant … - but within cross-border commuting zones - we find a robust negative relationship between minimum wages and employment. …

, generating spurious evidence that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Using minimum wage variation within contiguous county … pairs that share a state border, they find no relationship between minimum wages and employment in the U.S. restaurant …−but within cross-border commuting zones−we find a robust negative relationship between minimum wages and employment. …

We study the effect of minimum wage increases on employment in automatable jobs - jobs in which employers may find it … share of automatable employment held by low-skilled workers, and increases the likelihood that low-skilled workers in … ignored in the minimum wage literature are in fact quite vulnerable to employment changes and job loss because of automation …

Introduction -- The history of the minimum wage in the United States -- The effects of minimum wages on employment …

A comprehensive review of evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions … The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment -- 4 Minimum Wage Effects on the Distribution of Wages and Earnings -- 5 The …

reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them …

I discuss the econometrics and the economics of past research on the effects of minimum wages on employment in the … answer about the employment effects of minimum wages. My secondary goal is to discuss how we can narrow the range of …

increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …

employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar …