The Minimum Wage and the Employment of Youth Evidence from the NLSY

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Year: 1996
Volume: 31
Issue: 2

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Using panel data on individuals from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we find that employed individuals who were affected by the increases in the federal minimum wage in 1979 and 1980 were about 3 percent less likely to be employed a year later, even after accounting for the fact that workers employed at the minimum wage may differ from their peers in unobserved ways.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:uwp:jhriss:v:31:y:1996:i:2:p:404-428
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25