The Wage Mobility of Minimum Wage Workers

Ralph E. Smith and Bruce Vavrichek

ILR Review, 1992, vol. 46, issue 1, 82-88

Abstract: Using longitudinal data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the authors examine the earnings mobility of workers employed at the minimum wage. Results indicate that over 60% of workers who were earning the minimum wage in the mid-1980s were earning higher wages one year later; for those with gains, the typical rise was nearly 20%. A significant minority of workers, however—most of them lacking a high school diploma or working on a part-time basis—did not advance beyond the minimum wage between the two survey dates.

Date: 1992
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