Replication data for: Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Arindrajit Dube

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Dube, Arindrajit. Replication data for: Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116349V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary There is robust evidence that higher minimum wages increase family incomes at the bottom of the distribution. The long-run (3 or more years) minimum wage elasticity of the non-elderly poverty rate with respect to the minimum wage ranges between −0.220 and −0.459 across alternative specifications. The long-run minimum wage elasticities for the tenth and fifteenth unconditional quantiles of family income range between 0.152 and 0.430 depending on specification. A reduction in public assistance partly offsets these income gains, which are on average 66 percent as large when using an expanded income definition including tax credits and noncash transfers.

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JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J38 Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy


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