The Unexpected Economics of Minimum Wages

Michael Reich

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Abstract: This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the effects of minimum wages. Michael Reich’s cutting-edge research findings challenge traditional approaches to the topic, exploring the effects of minimum wage policies across different sectors, groups and demographics.

Keywords: Minimum Wages; Pay; Employment; Prices; Labor Supply; Downstream Effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035358878
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Chapters in this book:

Ch Chapter 1 The Ups and Downs of Minimum Wage Policy: The Fair Labor Standards Act in Historical Perspective

Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 10 Ten Dollars or Thirteen Dollars? Comparing the Effects of State Minimum Wage Increases in California

Sylvia A. Allegretto, Michael Reich and Rachel West

Ch Chapter 11 A Win-Win for Working Families and State Budgets: Pairing Medicaid Expension and a $10.10 Minimum Wage

Rachel West and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 12 The Effects of Minimum Wages on Food Stamp Enrollment and Expenditures

Michael Reich and Rachel West

Ch Chapter 13 Can Labor Market Policies Reduce Deaths of Despair?

William H. Dow, Anna Godøy, Christopher Lowenstein and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 14 An Earnings Standard for New York City’s App-Based Drivers: Economic Analysis and Policy Assessment

James A. Parrott and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 15 New York City’s Gig Driver Pay Standard: Effects on Drivers, Passengers, and the Companies

Dmitiri Koustas, James Parrott and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 2 The Economic Effects of a Citywide Minimum Wage

Arindrajit Dube, Suresh Naidu and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 3 Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties

Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 4 Do Minimum Wages Really Reduce Teen Employment? Accounting for Heterogeneity and Selectivity in State Panel Data

Sylvia A. Allegretto, Arindrajit Dube and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 5 Minimum Wage Shocks, Employment Flows, and Labor Market Frictions

Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 6 Are Local Minimum Wages Absorbed by Price Increases? Estimates from Internet-Based Restaurant Menus

Sylvia A. Allegretto and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 7 Are Minimum Wage Effects Greater in Low-Wage Areas?

Anna Godoey and Michael Reich

Ch Chapter 8 Parental Labor Supply: Evidence from Minimum Wage Changes

Anna Godøy, Michael Reich, Jesse Wursten and Sylvia Allegretto

Ch Chapter 9 Racial Inequality in Frictional Labor Markets: Evidence from Minimum Wages

Jesse Wursten and Michael Reich

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