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Title: The Effect of Increasing Minimum Wage at a City-Wide Level on the Enrollment in Public Assistance Programs

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: This study examines the effect of increasing minimum wage at a city-wide level on the enrollment in means tested public assistance programs. I exploit San Francisco’s minimum wage increases in 2011 and 2012 and use data from IPUMS-CPS to estimate the effect on welfare programs. Using a linear probability model and a difference-in-difference estimation, my analysis suggests that San Francisco’s minimum wage increases have a positive effect on the enrollment of welfare programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Medicaid and is statistically significant.

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Authors: Lim, Amy

Institution: Mount Holyoke College

Department: Economics

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Pages: 1-61

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare

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