The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases on Food and Kindred Products Prices: An Analysis of Price Pass-Through

Chinkook Lee and Brian O'Roark

No 33553, Technical Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: An input-output model is used to analyze price pass-through effects of a minimum wage increase on prices of the food and kindred products and food-service industries. These sectors employ a disproportionate share of minimum wage workers, but results suggest a $0.50 increase in the present minimum wage would increase food prices less than 1 percent for most of the 12 food and kindred products prices and 1 percent at eating and drinking places.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33553

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