Pooling Multiple Case Studies Using Synthetic Controls: An Application to Minimum Wage Policies
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Keywords
synthetic controls; program evaluation; heterogeneous treatment effects; minimum wage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2015-04-11 (Econometrics)
- NEP-LMA-2015-04-11 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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