The minimum wage: A crucial labor standard that is well targeted to low- and moderate-income households

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1036-1043

  Bernstein, Jared ^a   Shierholz, Heidi ^b  

^a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027946469     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21796     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Belman, D., & Wolfson, P. (2014). What does the minimum wage do? (1st ed.). Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute Press.
2. Bernstein, J., & Parrott, S. (2014). Proposal to strengthen minimum wage would help lowwage workers, with little impact on employment. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
3. Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (2014). The effects of a minimum-wage increase on employment and family income.
4. Cooper, D. (2013). Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would lift wages for millions and provide a modest economic boost. Economic Policy Institute.
5. Doucouliagos, H., & Stanley, T. (2009). Publication selection bias inminimum-wage research? A meta-regression analysis. British Journal Of Industrial Relations, 47, 406-428.
6. Dube, A. (2013a). Minimum wages and the distribution of family incomes, Working paper, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
7. Dube, A. (2013b). Keeping up with a changing economy: Indexing the minimum wage [Table 2] 113th Cong. Testimony of Arindrajit Dube.
8. Dube, A., Lester, T., & Reich,M. (2010).Minimum wage effects across state borders: Estimates using contiguous counties. The Review Of Economics And Statistics, 92, 945-964.
9. Greenstein, B. (2013). Minimum wage proposal an essential step toward making work pay. Off the Charts. Retrieved from http://www.offthechartsblog.org/minimum-wage-proposalan-essential-step-toward-making-work-pay/.
10. Lubin, I. (1937). Hearings to provide fair labor standards, 75th cong. Testimony of Isador Lubin.
11. Rothstein, J. (2010). Is the EITC as good as an NIT? Conditional cash transfers and tax incidence. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2, 177-208.
12. Schmitt, J. (2013). Why does the minimum wage have no discernible effect on employment?. Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research.