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Title: Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Productivity

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This is a panel data study of the effects of the minimum wage increase on youth employment and productivity for the years 2000 to 2017. To address the implementation of substate minimum wages during my time sample, I use a weighted average formula when calculating the minimum wage. Overall, I find no statistical significance in the effects of the minimum wage on employment and productivity. I do however find statistical significance when not accounting for sub-state minimum wages, as much of the general literature on the effects of the minimum wage has done. This suggests that accounting for sub-state minimum wages is important, as otherwise researchers may find conclusions that are not truly statistically significant.

Url: https://escholarship.org/content/qt2xt949zc/qt2xt949zc.pdf

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Authors: Dana, Avgil

Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara

Department: Economics

Advisor: Kelly Bedard

Degree: BA

Publisher Location: California

Pages: 1-19

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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