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The Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion, Research
Minimum Wage and Employment: A Review of Evidence from the New Minimum Wage Research. David Neumark and William Wascher
The abstract for the 2006 review arguing that recent
minimum wage studies do not show that increases are as free of negative employment effects as is often claimed. See
http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.1430/event_detail.asp# for a video of a panel discussion of this study by Neumark along with Jared
Bernstein and Harry Holzer.
Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Youth Employment: A Cross-National Analysis. David Neumark and William Wascher
A 2003 study of the employment effects of changes in national
minimum wages in 17 countries from 1975 to 2000, concluding that youth employment loss varies greatly among countries.
The Effects of Minimum Wages Throughout the Wage Distribution. David Neumark, Mark Schweitzer, and William Wascher
From 1999, a study showing that increases in the minimum wage,
while raising low wages, lead to decreases in hours and employment and overall decreases in earned income for low-wage workers.
Minimum Wage Effects in the Longer Run. David Neumark and Olena Nizalova
From 2004, a study of teenagers who faced reduced employment
following a minimum wage increase and the impact in later years.
The Heritage Foundation
Search the site for "minimum wage" for extensive comentary
from this conservative think-tank.
Employment Policies Institute
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Search this site under "minimum wage" for economics papers mostly
critical of the minimum wage.
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