 Effects of recent minimum wage policies in California and nationwide: Results from a pre‐specified analysis planDavid Neumark and Maysen Yen Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2022, vol. 61, issue 2, 228-255 Abstract: We analyze the impacts of recent city minimum wage increases in California and nationwide, following a pre‐analysis plan (PAP) registered prior to the release of data covering two years of minimum wage increases. For California cities, we find a hint of negative employment effects. Nationally, we find some evidence of disemployment effects for teens, but not young adults or high school dropouts. City‐specific analyses provide limited evidence of adverse effects on the share low‐income, but the pooled city analysis does not; the national analysis generally finds no impact on the share low‐income, except for reductions in the share near‐poor, although that may at least partly reflect prior trends. All told, we view the results as providing neither strong evidence of substantial adverse effects of city minimum wages, nor strong evidence of substantial beneficial effects. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:indres:v:61:y:2022:i:2:p:228-255 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society is currently edited by Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter, Steven Raphael and stevenraphael@berkeley.edu More articles in Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society from Wiley Blackwell |
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