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The Minimum Wage: Information, Opinion,
Research
A Strong Minimum Wage Can Help Working Families, Businesses and Our Economy Recover. National Employment Law Project
A research summary for the use of a minimum wage increase as
an economic stimulus. January 2011
The Impact of City-Specific Minimum Wage Standards. Center for Economic and Policy Research
A study of minimum wage increases in San Francisco, Sante Fe,
and Washington D.C. found no resulting discernible drop in low-wage employment. March 2011
Restoring the Minimum Wage for America's Tipped Workers. Rajesh D. Nayak and Paul K. Sonn.
Since 1991, tipped employees who were not covered by better
state minimums have been paid only $2.13 per hour under the federal minimum wage law. This report from the National Employment
Law Project argues for a higher federal minimum for tipped employees, one that is linked to the level of the regular
minimum wage. August 2009
The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants' Employment and Earnings. Pia M. Orrenium and Madeline Zavodny
The first major study of minimum wage effects on foreign-born
workers, the fastest growing segment of the low-wage U.S. labor force. From the Institute for the Study of Labor. 2008
Fix it and forget it: Index the minimum wage to growth in average wages. Heidi Shierholz
From the Economic Policy Institute, a persuasive case for indexing
the minimum wage to average wages instead of to consumer prices. December 2009
The Consumption Response to Minimum Wage Increases. Daniel Aaronson, Sumit Agarwal, and Eric French
A working paper arguing that minimum wage increases are
associated with increases in consumption, spending, and debt. May 2008
States with Minimum Wages above the Federal Level Have Had Faster Small Business and Retail Job Growth. Fiscal Policy Institute
A 2006 update of an often-cited 2004 report on job growth in
states with high minimum wages.
National Employment Law Project
Advocacy, together with outstanding research and legal work,
for minimum wage reforms at federal, state, and local levels. December 2010
Poverty and Income. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Analyses of current minimum wage and other poverty issues.
Let Justice Roll
A coalition that is articulating the support of the business
community for livable minimum wages, actively supporting state campaigns for increases, and calling for a $10 minimum
wage.
From the Economic Policy Institute, analyses of two common responses
to proposed minimum wage increases: that tax cuts are needed to offset the added cost to small business and that the earned
income tax credit is a more effective way to help the working poor. 2007
Minimum Wage Trends: Understanding past and contemporary research. Liana Fox
From the Economic Policy Institute, a comprehensive review of
minimum wage research of the past decade and of new and positive evidence of its benefits from the many recent state
increases. October 2006
Five Steps to a Stronger Minimum Wage System. Brock Haussamen
From the editor of this site. February 2007.
The Minimum Wage, Labor, and Politics. Rick Wolff
An economist's skeptical view of the political dynamics behind
the minimum wage debate. September 2006
In 1994, Card and Krueger compared employment
rates in the fast-food industry in New Jersey (which increased its minimum wage) and Pennsylvania (which did not). The
now-classic study concluded that the increase had no negative impact on employment. In this 2000 follow-up, the
authors reply to criticism and reinforce their conclusions.
Two studies from the United Kingdom tracking the generally positive
results of national minimum wage increases.
The Minimum Wage: Consequences for Prices and Quantities in Low-wage Labor Markets. Paul Wolfson and Dale Belman
A 2003 study analyzing minimum wage effects by industries
instead of by groups of workers.
No Way Out: How Prime-Age Workers Get Trapped in Minimum Wage Jobs. Heather Boushey
From May 2005,
a study that concludes that over a third of adults between 25 and 54 remain in minimum wage work for at least three years,
especially if they are "female, non-native, or not lucky enough to have a union job."
The Role of the Minimum Wage in the Welfare State: An Appraisal. Juan J. Dolado, Florentino Felqueroso, and Juan F. Jimeno
From 2000, a comparison of the minimum wage with other methods
of redistributing income in the U.S., Europe, and other nations.
Search under "minimum wage" for economics papers mostly
supportive of the minimum wage.
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