Time-series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment
Title | Time-series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Brown |
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Pages | 41 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Minimum wage |
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Time-series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Teenage Employment and Unemployment
Title | Time-series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Teenage Employment and Unemployment PDF eBook |
Author | C. K. Brown |
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Pages | 90 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Minimum wage |
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Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment
Title | Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Kohen |
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Release | 1983 |
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While previous time series studies have quite consistently found that the minimum wage reduces teenage employment, the extent of this reduction is much less certain. Moreover, because few previous studies report results of more than one specification, the causes of differences in estimated impacts are not well understood. Less consensus is evident on the effect of the minimum wage on teenage unemployment, or its relative impact on black and white teenagers. The purpose of this paper is both to update earlier work and to analyze the sensitivity of estimated minimum wage effects to alternative specification choices. In addition to providing estimates of the effect of minimum wage increases on aggregate employment and unemployment rates of teenagers, we explore several related issues: the relative importance of changing the level and coverage of the minimum wage; the timing of responses to a change in the minimum; effects on part-time and full-time work; effects on young adults (age 20-24)
Effects of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment
Title | Effects of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment PDF eBook |
Author | C. K. Brown |
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Pages | 94 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Minimum wage |
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Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment
Title | Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Brown |
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Pages | 43 |
Release | 2010 |
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While previous time series studies have quite consistently found that the minimum wage reduces teenage employment, the extent of this reduction is much less certain. Moreover, because few previous studies report results of more than one specification, the causes of differences in estimated impacts are not well understood. Less consensus is evident on the effect of the minimum wage on teenage unemployment, or its relative impact on black and white teenagers. The purpose of this paper is both to update earlier work and to analyze the sensitivity of estimated minimum wage effects to alternative specification choices. In addition to providing estimates of the effect of minimum wage increases on aggregate employment and unemployment rates of teenagers, we explore several related issues: the relative importance of changing the level and coverage of the minimum wage; the timing of responses to a change in the minimum; effects on part-time and full-time work; effects on young adults (age 20-24).
Minimum Wages and Youth Unemployment
Title | Minimum Wages and Youth Unemployment PDF eBook |
Author | Youcef Ghellab |
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Pages | 96 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Minimum wage |
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Reviews the main theoretical models and recent empirical evidence on the correlation between the minimum wage and youth employment.
Evidence on Employment Effects of Minimum Wages and Subminimum Wage Provisions from Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws
Title | Evidence on Employment Effects of Minimum Wages and Subminimum Wage Provisions from Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws PDF eBook |
Author | David Neumark |
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Pages | 64 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Employment (Economic theory) |
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We construct a panel data set on state-level minimum wage laws and economic conditions to reevaluate existing evidence on minimum wage effects on employment, most of which comes from time-series data. Our estimates of the elasticities of teen and young-adult employment-to-population ratios fall primarily in the range -0.1 to -0.2, similar to the consensus range of estimates from time-series studies. We also find evidence that youth subminimum wage provisions enacted by state legislatures have moderated the disemployment effects of minimum wages.