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Overview: Two Schools of Research
Issue Guide: Mininum Wage. Economic Policy Institute
The Economic Policy Institute's extensive list of tables, commentary,
and research on the minimum wage.
Poverty and Income. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Analyses of current minimum wage and other poverty issues.
Let Justice Roll
A coalition of faith-based and other organizations, organizing
support for livable minimum wages
The Minimum Wage. AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO page on current minimum wage legislation and campaigns
for federal and state increases.
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.
Five Steps to a Stronger Minimum Wage System. Brock Haussamen
From the editor of this site. February 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
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.
The Impact of the Introduction of the UK Minimum Wage on the Employment Probablilites of Low Wage Workers. Mark B. Stewart
The Employment Effects of the October 2003 Increase in the National Minimum Wage. Richard Dickens and Mirco Draca
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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