Minimum wage effects in the longer run
By: David Neumark, Olena Nizalova.
Contributors: Nizalova, Olena.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Minimum wage.
Description: "Exposure to minimum wages at young ages may lead to longer-run effects.  Among the possible adverse longer-run effects are decreased labor market experience and accumulation of tenure, lower current labor supply because of lower wages, and diminished training and skill acquisition.  Beneficial longer-run effects could arise if minimum wages increase skill acquisition, or if short-term wage increases are long-lasting.  We estimate the longer-run effects of minimum wages by using information on the minimum wage history that workers have faced since potentially entering the labor market.  The evidence indicates that even as individuals reach their late 20's, they work less and earn less the longer they were exposed to a higher minimum wage, especially as a teenager.  The adverse longer-run effects of facing high minimum wages as a teenager are stronger for blacks.  From a policy perspective, these longer-run effects of minimum wages are likely more significant than the contemporaneous effects of minimum wages on youths that are the focus of most research and policy debate"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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