| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10479745 | Journal of Urban Economics | 2005 | 26 Pages |
Abstract
Living wage campaigns have succeeded in about 100 jurisdictions in the United States but have also been unsuccessful in numerous cities. These unsuccessful campaigns provide a better control group or counterfactual for estimating the effects of living wage laws than the broader set of all cities without a law, and also permit the separate estimation of the effects of living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar laws in nearby cities.
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Authors
Scott Adams, David Neumark,