The effects of minimum wages throughout the wage distribution

David Neumark, Mark Schweitzer and William Wascher

No 9919, Working Papers (Old Series) from Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Abstract: Workers initially earning near the minimum wage are adversely affected by minimum wage increases, while, not surprisingly, higher-wage workers are little affected. Although the pay of low-wage workers increases, their hours and employment decline, and the combined effect of these changes is a decline in earned income.

Keywords: Minimum; wage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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Working Paper: The Effects of Minimum Wages Throughout the Wage Distribution (2000)
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DOI: 10.26509/frbc-wp-199919

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