Recent years have seen a surge of applied work using bunching approaches, a
development that is closely linked to the increased availability of administrative data. These …

Impacts of minimum wages: Page 1 1 Contents Executive summary 2 Chapter 1 Introduction –
motivation for a minimum wage, and current policy context 6 Chapter 2 Who would be affected by …

We investigate the wage, employment, and reallocation effects of the introduction of a
nationwide minimum wage in Germany that affected 15% of all employees. Based on …

We estimate the effect of minimum wages on low-wage jobs using 138 prominent state-level
minimum wage changes between 1979 and 2016 in the United States using a difference-in …

This paper discusses non-employment margins through which firms may respond to
minimum wage increases. Margins of interest include evasion, output prices, noncash …

Seattle raised its minimum wage to as much as 11in2015andasmuchas 13 in 2016. We use
Washington State administrative data to conduct two complementary analyses of its impact …

This paper uses administrative data to analyze a large employer-borne payroll tax rate cut
for young workers in Sweden. We find no effect on net-of-tax wages of young treated …

The earnings difference between white and black workers fell dramatically in the United
States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This article shows that the expansion of the …

Increases in the minimum wage can substantially reduce earnings inequality. To
demonstrate this, we combine administrative and survey data with an equilibrium model of …

We estimate the minimum wage's effects on low-skilled individuals' employment and income
trajectories following the Great Recession. Our approach exploits two dimensions of the data …