The Minimum Wage Once Again
8 Pages Posted: 14 Jul 2011
Date Written: July 12, 2011
Abstract
There is a great cognitive dissonance between what is commonly taught in economics and what passes for sound public policy analysis within the beltway of Washington D.C. Nowhere is a more stark example of this to be found than in the case of the minimum wage law. Many students know that a minimum wage law exacerbates unemployment, particularly for low-skilled, youthful, and minority males. Card and Krueger (1994, p. 792) even characterize this claim as "the central prediction of the textbook model of the minimum wage," but attempt to undermine it their article.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Block, Walter E., The Minimum Wage Once Again (July 12, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1884544 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1884544
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