Reconciling the evidence of Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000)

Olli Ropponen

No 24, Working Papers from VATT Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: We employ the original Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000) data together with the changes-in-changes (CIC) estimator to re-examine the evidence of the effect of minimum wages on employment. Our study reconciles the controversial positive average employment effect reported by the former study and the negative average employment effect reported by the latter study. Our main finding, which is supported by both datasets, is that the controversial result remains valid only for small fast-food restaurants. This finding is accompanied with a new possible explanation.

Keywords: CIC estimator, employment, minimum wage, nonlinear treatment effect models, Labour market, Työmarkkinat, Taxation and Social Transfers, Julkisen talouden rahoitus ja tulonsiirrot, C210 - Econometric Methods: Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models, J230 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment, J380 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy (wage subsidies, minimum wage legislation), (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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