This chapter surveys the literature on the impact of minimum wages on low-wage labor
markets. We describe and critically review the empirical methods in the new minimum wage …

This paper shows that more highly concentrated labour markets experience more positive
employment effects of the minimum wage. In the most concentrated labour markets …

This paper studies the price and employment responses of firms to the introduction of a
nationwide minimum wage in Germany. Widely throughout the economy, affected firms …

Abstract Dube, Lester and Reich (2010) argue that state-level minimum wage variation
correlated with economic shocks generates spurious evidence that higher minimum wages …

We use the introduction of Seattle's local minimum wage to investigate the geographic
effects of highly-targeted, city-level minimum wages on establishment entry and exit …

This paper uses cross-country macroeconomic empirical evidence among OECD countries
to examine possible non-linear effects on employment of raising the minimum wage, in …

Using an about 40% US federal minimum wage hike as a natural experiment, I establish an
about 2.6% spillover effect of worker wages on CEO pay in smaller and medium US public …

The legal industry's self-regulation creates entry barriers for firms and people who seek to
provide legal services and for institutions that seek to educate lawyers. In this chapter, I …

This dissertation investigates the macroeconomic implications of individuals' labor mobility
opportunities. The ability of individuals to move across firms, sectors, cities, and regions …

In the first chapter of my dissertation, I ask: How do the returns to school quality vary, and
interact, across grades? Using longitudinal administrative data from Texas, I estimate grade …