The Effect of the Minimum Wage When It Really Bites: A Reexamination of the Evidence from Puerto Rico

Alan Krueger

No 709, Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: This paper reinvestigates the evidence on the impact of the minimum wage on employment in Puerto Rico. The strongest evidence that the minimum wage had a negative effect on employment comes from an aggregate time series analysis. The weakest evidence comes from cross-industry analyses. The main finding of the paper, however, is that the statistical evidence of a negative employment effect of the minimum wage in Puerto Rico is surprisingly fragile.

Keywords: workplace; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994-05
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