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NJ and PA Once Again: What Happened to Employment When the PA–NJ Minimum Wage Differential Disappeared?

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  • Saul D Hoffman

    (Department of Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.)

  • Diane M Trace

    (Department of Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.)

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Card and Krueger's analysis of the impact of the 1992 increase in the New Jersey (NJ) state minimum wage on employment in fast-food restaurants in NJ and Pennsylvania (PA) is very well known. In 1996 and 1997, the federal minimum wage was increased from $4.25 to $5.15, thereby increasing the minimum wage by $0.90 in PA but by just $0.10 in NJ. We use CPS data to examine the impacts of this increase on employment of likely minimum wage workers in the two states, using DID and DIDID estimators that exploit within-state and between-state comparisons. We find consistent evidence that employment of “at-risk” groups was negatively affected in PA relative to other groups in PA and to comparable groups in NJ. Eastern Economic Journal (2009) 35, 115–128. doi:10.1057/eej.2008.1

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  • Saul D Hoffman & Diane M Trace, 2009. "NJ and PA Once Again: What Happened to Employment When the PA–NJ Minimum Wage Differential Disappeared?," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 35(1), pages 115-128.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:35:y:2009:i:1:p:115-128
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    1. Bruce G. Carruthers & Naomi R. Lamoreaux, 2016. "Regulatory Races: The Effects of Jurisdictional Competition on Regulatory Standards," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 54(1), pages 52-97, March.
    2. David Neumark & Peter Shirley, 2022. "Myth or measurement: What does the new minimum wage research say about minimum wages and job loss in the United States?," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(4), pages 384-417, October.

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