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See for example Leonard’s (2000) discussion of the reaction to Card and Krueger (1994).
A particularly questionable and combative example is the case of the late Nobel laureate James Buchanan, who wrote in the Wall Street Journal in 1996, “Just as no physicist would claim that ‘water runs uphill,’ no self-respecting economist would claim that increases in the minimum wage increase employment.
Such a claim, if seriously advanced, becomes equivalent to a denial that there is even minimal scientific content in economics, and that, in consequence, economists can do nothing but write as advocates for ideological interests.
Fortunately, only a handful of economists are willing to throw over the teaching of two centuries; we have not yet become a bevy of camp-following whores.” The University of Kentucky dataset begins in 1980, in the middle of a three stage increase in the federal minimum wage.
The first two stages, which are not in the data, were larger than the third.
Some localities have implemented “living wages” that are higher than minimum wages and therefore may be associated with greater percentage changes in the minimum wage at the time of their implementation.
These are not considered here, nor are they studied in the minimum-wage literature discussed above.
See Holzer (2008) for a review of the literature on living wage laws.
References Abadie, A., and J. Gardeazabal.
2003.
“The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country.” American Economic Review, 93(1), 113–132.
Addison, J., M. Blackburn, and C. Cotti.
2009.
“Do Minimum Wages Raise Employment?
Evidence from the U.S. Retail-Trade Sector.” Labour Economics, 16, 397–408.
Addison, J., M. Blackburn, and C. Cotti.
2012.
“The Effect of Minimum Wages on Labour Market Outcomes: County-Level Estimates from the Restaurant-and-Bar Sector.” British Journal of Industrial Relations, 50(3), 412–435.
Allegretto, S., A. Dube, and M. Reich.
2011.“Do Minimum Wages Really Reduce Teen Employment?
Accounting for Heterogeneity and Selectivity in State Panel Data.” Industrial Relations, 50(2), 205–240.
Allegretto, S., A. Dube, M. Reich, and B. Zipperer.
2013.“Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies.” Unpublished manuscript, available at: http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/workingpapers/148-13.pdf.
Blundell, R., and M. Costa Dias.
2000.
“Evaluation Methods for Non‐Experimental Data.” Fiscal Studies, 21(4), 427–468.
Buchanan, J.
1996.
“Commentary on the Minimum Wage.” Wall Street Journal, April 25, A20.
Card, D. 1992.
“Using Regional Variation in Wages to Measure the Effects of the Federal Minimum Wage.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 46(1), 22–37.
Card, D., and A.B.
Krueger.
1994.
“Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.” American Economic Review, 84(4), 772–793.
Card, D., and A.B.
Krueger.
2000.
“Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Reply.” American Economic Review, 90(5), 1,397–1,420.
Couch, K. A., and D.C. Wittenburg.
2001.
“The Response of Hours of Work to Increases in the Minimum Wage.” Southern Economic Journal, 171–177.
Dube, A.
2013.
“Minimum Wages and Aggregate Job Growth: Causal Effect or Statistical Artifact?” IZA Discussion Paper No.
7674.
Dube, A., S. Naidu, and M. Reich.
2007.
“The Economic Effects of a Citywide Minimum Wage.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 60(4).
Dube, A., T.W.
Lester, and M. Reich.
2010.
“Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties.” The Review of Economics and Statistics, 92(4), 945–964.
Dube, A., and B. Zipperer.
2013.
“Pooled Synthetic Control Estimates for Recurring Treatments: An Application to Minimum Wage Case Studies.” Unpublished manuscript, available at http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/events/spring14/zipperer/dubezipperer_pooledsyntheticcontrol.pdf Giuliano, L. 2013.
“Minimum Wage Effects on Employment, Substitution, and the Teenage Labor Supply: Evidence from Personnel Data.” Journal of Labor Economics, 31(1), 155–194.
Hoffman, S. D. 2014.
“Are the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Always Small?
A Re-Analysis of Sabia, Burkhauser, and Hansen.” Submitted to Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
Hoffman, S. D., and D.M.
Trace.
2009.
“NJ and PA Once Again: What Happened to Employment When the PA–NJ Minimum Wage Differential Disappeared?” Eastern Economic Journal, 35(1), 115–128.
Holzer, Harry.
2008.
“Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?” Paper prepared for the 2008 Brookings-George Washington University-Urban Institute Conference on Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects.
Imbens, G., and J. Wooldridge.
2009.
“Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation.” Journal of Economic Literature.
47(1), 5–86.
Leonard, T. C. 2000.
“The Very Idea of Applying Economics: The Modern Minimum-Wage Controversy and Its Antecedents.” History of Political Economy, 32, 117–146.
Meer, J., and J.
West.
2013.
Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics.
NBER Working Paper No.
19262.
Neumark, D. 2001.
“Evidence on Employment Effects of Recent Minimum Wage Increases from a Pre-Specified Research Design.” Industrial Relations.
p. 121–144.
Neumark, D., J.M.
Salas, and W. Wascher.
2013.
Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No.
w18681.
Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.
1992.
“Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages: Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
46(1), 55–81.
Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.
1996.
“The Effects of Minimum Wages on Teenage Employment and Enrollment: Estimates from Matched CPS Data.” Research in Labor Economics, 25–64.
Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.
2000.
“Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Comment.” American Economic Review, 1,362–1,396.
Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.
2004.

See for example Leonard’s (2000) discussion of the reaction to Card and Krueger (1994).

A particularly questionable and combative example is the case of the late Nobel laureate James Buchanan, who wrote in the Wall Street Journal in 1996, “Just as no physicist would claim that ‘water runs uphill,’ no self-respecting economist would claim that increases in the minimum wage increase employment.

Such a claim, if seriously advanced, becomes equivalent to a denial that there is even minimal scientific content in economics, and that, in consequence, economists can do nothing but write as advocates for ideological interests.

Fortunately, only a handful of economists are willing to throw over the teaching of two centuries; we have not yet become a bevy of camp-following whores.” The University of Kentucky dataset begins in 1980, in the middle of a three stage increase in the federal minimum wage.

The first two stages, which are not in the data, were larger than the third.

Some localities have implemented “living wages” that are higher than minimum wages and therefore may be associated with greater percentage changes in the minimum wage at the time of their implementation.

These are not considered here, nor are they studied in the minimum-wage literature discussed above.

See Holzer (2008) for a review of the literature on living wage laws.

References Abadie, A., and J. Gardeazabal.

2003.

“The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country.” American Economic Review, 93(1), 113–132.

Addison, J., M. Blackburn, and C. Cotti.

2009.

“Do Minimum Wages Raise Employment?

Evidence from the U.S. Retail-Trade Sector.” Labour Economics, 16, 397–408.

Addison, J., M. Blackburn, and C. Cotti.

2012.

“The Effect of Minimum Wages on Labour Market Outcomes: County-Level Estimates from the Restaurant-and-Bar Sector.” British Journal of Industrial Relations, 50(3), 412–435.

Allegretto, S., A. Dube, and M. Reich.

2011.“Do Minimum Wages Really Reduce Teen Employment?

Accounting for Heterogeneity and Selectivity in State Panel Data.” Industrial Relations, 50(2), 205–240.

Allegretto, S., A. Dube, M. Reich, and B. Zipperer.

2013.“Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies.” Unpublished manuscript, available at: http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/workingpapers/148-13.pdf.

Blundell, R., and M. Costa Dias.

2000.

“Evaluation Methods for Non‐Experimental Data.” Fiscal Studies, 21(4), 427–468.

Buchanan, J.

1996.

“Commentary on the Minimum Wage.” Wall Street Journal, April 25, A20.

Card, D. 1992.

“Using Regional Variation in Wages to Measure the Effects of the Federal Minimum Wage.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 46(1), 22–37.

Card, D., and A.B.

Krueger.

1994.

“Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.” American Economic Review, 84(4), 772–793.

Card, D., and A.B.

Krueger.

2000.

“Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Reply.” American Economic Review, 90(5), 1,397–1,420.

Couch, K. A., and D.C. Wittenburg.

2001.

“The Response of Hours of Work to Increases in the Minimum Wage.” Southern Economic Journal, 171–177.

Dube, A.

2013.

“Minimum Wages and Aggregate Job Growth: Causal Effect or Statistical Artifact?” IZA Discussion Paper No.

7674.

Dube, A., S. Naidu, and M. Reich.

2007.

“The Economic Effects of a Citywide Minimum Wage.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 60(4).

Dube, A., T.W.

Lester, and M. Reich.

2010.

“Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties.” The Review of Economics and Statistics, 92(4), 945–964.

Dube, A., and B. Zipperer.

2013.

“Pooled Synthetic Control Estimates for Recurring Treatments: An Application to Minimum Wage Case Studies.” Unpublished manuscript, available at http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/events/spring14/zipperer/dubezipperer_pooledsyntheticcontrol.pdf Giuliano, L. 2013.

“Minimum Wage Effects on Employment, Substitution, and the Teenage Labor Supply: Evidence from Personnel Data.” Journal of Labor Economics, 31(1), 155–194.

Hoffman, S. D. 2014.

“Are the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Always Small?

A Re-Analysis of Sabia, Burkhauser, and Hansen.” Submitted to Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

Hoffman, S. D., and D.M.

Trace.

2009.

“NJ and PA Once Again: What Happened to Employment When the PA–NJ Minimum Wage Differential Disappeared?” Eastern Economic Journal, 35(1), 115–128.

Holzer, Harry.

2008.

“Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?” Paper prepared for the 2008 Brookings-George Washington University-Urban Institute Conference on Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects.

Imbens, G., and J. Wooldridge.

2009.

“Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation.” Journal of Economic Literature.

47(1), 5–86.

Leonard, T. C. 2000.

“The Very Idea of Applying Economics: The Modern Minimum-Wage Controversy and Its Antecedents.” History of Political Economy, 32, 117–146.

Meer, J., and J.

West.

2013.

Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics.

NBER Working Paper No.

19262.

Neumark, D. 2001.

“Evidence on Employment Effects of Recent Minimum Wage Increases from a Pre-Specified Research Design.” Industrial Relations.

p. 121–144.

Neumark, D., J.M.

Salas, and W. Wascher.

2013.

Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No.

w18681.

Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.

1992.

“Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages: Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

46(1), 55–81.

Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.

1996.

“The Effects of Minimum Wages on Teenage Employment and Enrollment: Estimates from Matched CPS Data.” Research in Labor Economics, 25–64.

Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.

2000.

“Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Comment.” American Economic Review, 1,362–1,396.

Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.

2004.