Labour
Latest
A rapidly growing number of US cities have decided to set local minimum wages. Are minimum wages set at city level a good idea? This study examines the main trade-offs emerging from the local variation in minimum wage policies.
Source:
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.35.1.27
Recommended
Research
View allA rapidly growing number of US cities have decided to set local minimum wages. Are minimum wages set at city level a good idea? This study examines the main trade-offs emerging from the local variation in minimum wage policies.
Related education materials
View allLabour
This is some text inside of a div block.
Arin Dube describes his study that found that, on average, raising the minimum wage increased the income of poor workers.