Data and Code for "The Elusive Employment Effect of the Minimum Wage"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alan Manning, LSE

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Project Citation: 

Manning, Alan. Data and Code for “The Elusive Employment Effect of the Minimum Wage.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-11-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E122964V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This paper reviews the reasons, both empirical and theoretical, for why it seems hard to find a negative effect on employment effect of rises in the minimum wage: the elusive employment effect.


Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources ESRC

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Minimum Wage
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J20 Demand and Supply of Labor: General
      J30 Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Primarily United States, but some OECD
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1979 – 2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Employees in the United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data; survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
US Current Population Survey
OECD Data on Minimum Wages Across Countries
US State-Level Minimum Wages
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Quarter by Year by State by Age Group
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit State

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