The effects of living wage laws: Evidence from failed and derailed living wage campaigns

Article Abstract:

The unsuccessful campaigns provide a better control group or counterfactual for estimating the effects of living wage laws than the broader set of all cities without a law, and also permit the separate estimation of the effects of living wage laws and living wage campaigns. It is found that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar laws in nearby cities.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Wages, Living wage

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Industrial reallocation across U.S. cities, 1977-1997

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The patterns of sectoral and industry employment growth across the U.S. cities between 1977 and 1997 and the determinants of employment growth during this period are examined. The study evaluates the importance of learning by doing industry-specific location fundamentals, human capital externalities and hiring cost explanation

United States, Human capital

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Job creation in California's enterprise zones: a comparison using a propensity score-matching model

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The impact of California's enterprise zone program on employment growth is examined at the census tract level and at the establishment level. Enterprise zone census tracts are matched to non-enterprise zone census tracts using propensity score matching model.

California, Job creation

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