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Minimum wage legislation in the united states
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In this paper, a report is made on the provisions and effects of U.S. minimum wage laws, referring almost entirely to teenage youths, and the discussion involves employment, the business cycle, job distribution, school attendance, and policy interactions.Abstract:
: A report is made on the provisions and effects of U.S. minimum wage laws, referring almost entirely to teenage youths. The discussion involves employment, the business cycle, job distribution, school attendance, and policy interactions.read more
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Using regional variation in wages to measure the effects of the federal minimum wage
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The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Changes in Aggregate Employment
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The Effect of Minimum Wages on Teenage Unemployment Rates
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a model to measure the impact of changes in the minimum wage relative to the average hourly earning of non-white teenagers on their unemployment rates, and found that the change in minimum wage had an increasing effect as employers gain more time to adjust.
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