Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?

Brady Horn (), Johanna Maclean and Michael Strain

No 22578, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This study investigates whether minimum wage increases in the United States affect an important non-market outcome: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys coupled with differences-in-differences and triple-difference models. We find little evidence that minimum wage increases lead to improvements in overall worker health. In fact, we find some evidence that minimum wage increases may decrease some aspects of health, especially among unemployed male workers. We also find evidence that increases reduce mental strain among employed workers.

JEL-codes: I10 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-08
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Published as Brady P. Horn & Johanna Catherine Maclean & Michael R. Strain, 2017. "DO MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES INFLUENCE WORKER HEALTH?," Economic Inquiry, .

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