Unexpected Economics of Minimum Wages

Michael Reich, Professor of Economics and Chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California at Berkeley, USA

• ContentsPART I EFFECTS ON PAY, EMPLOYMENT, AND PRICES1 The Ups and Downs of Minimum Wage Policy: The Fair Labor Standards Act inHistorical Perspective – Michael Reich 22 The Economic Effects of a Citywide Minimum Wage – Arindrajit Dube, SureshNaidu, and Michael Reich 113 Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using ContiguousCounties – Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester, and Michael Reich 334 Do Minimum Wages Really Reduce Teen Employment? Accounting forHeterogeneity and Selectivity in State Panel Data – Sylvia A. Allegretto,Arindrajit Dube, and Michael Reich 545 Minimum Wage Shocks, Employment Flows, and Labor Market Frictions –Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester, and Michael Reich 906 Are Local Minimum Wages Absorbed by Price Increases? Estimates fromInternet-Based Restaurant Menus – Sylvia A. Allegretto and Michael Reich 1327 Are Minimum Wage Effects Greater in Low-Wage Areas? – Anna Godøy andMichael Reich 161PART II DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS8 Parental Labor Supply: Evidence from Minimum Wage Changes – Anna Godøy,Michael Reich, Jesse Wursten, and Sylvia A. Allegretto 2109 Racial Inequality in Frictional Labor Markets: Evidence from Minimum Wages –Jesse Wursten and Michael Reich 23710 Ten Dollars or Thirteen Dollars? Comparing the Effects of State Minimum WageIncreases in California – Sylvia A. Allegretto, Michael Reich, and Rachel West 25611 A Win-Win for Working Families and State Budgets: Pairing Medicaid Expansionand a $10.10 Minimum Wage – Rachel West and Michael Reich 28512 The Effects of Minimum Wages on Food Stamp Enrollment and Expenditures –Michael Reich and Rachel West 32113 Can Labor Market Policies Reduce Deaths of Despair? – William H. Dow, AnnaGodøy, Christopher Lowenstein, and Michael Reich 34814 An Earnings Standard for New York City’s App-Based Drivers: EconomicAnalysis and Policy Assessment – James A. Parrott and Michael Reich 36715 New York City’s Gig Driver Pay Standard: Effects on Drivers, Passengers, andthe Companies – Dmitri Koustas, James A. Parrott, and Michael Reich 454