Abstract
This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on earnings and employment in selected branches of the retail-trade sector, 1990-2005, using county-level data on employment and a panel regression framework that allows for county-specific trends in sectoral outcomes. We focus on specific subsectors within retail trade that are identified as particularly low-wage. We find little evidence of disemployment effects once we allow for geographic-specific trends. Indeed, in many sectors the evidence points to modest (but robust) positive employment effects. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 397-408 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Labour Economics |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Economics and Econometrics