On the Robustness of Minimum Wage Effects: Geographically-Disparate Trends and Job Growth Equations

John Addison, McKinley L. Blackburn and Chad D. Cotti
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McKinley L. Blackburn: University of South Carolina
Chad D. Cotti: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and University of Connecticut

No 2014-17, GEMF Working Papers from GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra

Abstract: Recent attempts to incorporate spatial heterogeneity in minimum-wage employment models have been attacked for using overly simplistic trend controls, and for neglecting the potential impact on employment growth. We investigate whether such considerations call into question our earlier findings of statistically insignificant employment effects for the restaurant-and-bar sector. We find that a focus on employment levels is still appropriate, and nonlinear trend controls do not dislodge our limited support for the existence of minimum-wage effects.

Keywords: minimum wages; employment; employment change; spatial controls. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2014-09
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Published in IZA Journal of Labor Economics, volume 4, Article number 24 (2015)

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Journal Article: On the robustness of minimum wage effects: geographically-disparate trends and job growth equations (2015)
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