Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Abstract
On April 1, 1992, New Jersey's minimum wage rose from $4.25 to $5.05 per hour. To evaluate the impact of the law, the authors surveyed 410 fast-food restaurants in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania before and after the rise. Comparisons of employment growth at stores in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (where the minimum wage was constant) provide simple estimates of the effect of the higher minimum wage. The authors also compare employment changes at stores in New Jersey that were initially paying high wages (above $5.00) to the changes at lower-wage stores. They find no indication that the rise in the minimum wage reduced employment. Copyright 1994 by American Economic Association.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
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Paper provided by Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. in its series Working Papers with number 694.Length:
Date of creation: Mar 1993
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Handle: RePEc:pri:indrel:694
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Keywords: minimum wages; employment;Other versions of this item:
- Card, David & Krueger, Alan B, 1994. "Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(4), pages 772-93, September.
- David Card & Alan B. Krueger, 1993. "Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania," NBER Working Papers 4509, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- C00 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - General
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