Making Sense of the Minimum Wage: A Roadmap for Navigating Recent Research
Jeffrey Clemens. 5 14 2019. CATO Institute.
Gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 would be good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy
Ben Zipperer. 2 7 2019. Economic Policy Institute.
15 Years of Research on U.S. Employment and the Minimum Wage
Paul Wolfson and Dale Belman. 12 2016. Tuck School of Business.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2705499
Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?
John Schmitt. 2 2013. Center for Economic and Policy Research.
https://cepr.net/documents/publications/min-wage-2013-02.pdf
A $15 federal minimum wage won’t cost Americans jobs, new study says
Alexia Fernandez Campbell. 7 2 2019. Vox.com.
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/2/20678821/15-federal-minimum-wage-increase-study
Never Trust The Cato Institute
Nathan J. Robinson. 10 13 2018. Current Affairs.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/never-trust-the-cato-institute/
Minimum Wages
John Marottaand Solomon Greene. 1 2019. Urban Institute.
Factsheet: Minimum wage increases are good for U.S. workers and the U.S. economy
Kate Bahn and Will McGrew. 7 8 2019. Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
Employment effects of minimum wages
David Neumark. 12 2018. IZA World of Labor.
https://wol.iza.org/articles/employment-effects-of-minimum-wages/long
Making the Case for a Higher Minimum Wage
Arindrajit Dube. 4 26 2019. Milken Institute Review.
https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/making-the-case-for-a-higher-minimum-wage
The impact of the National Minimum Wage on employment. A meta-analysis
Marco Hafner et al. 2017. Rand.
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1800/RR1807/RAND_RR1807.pdf
The Minimum Wage and Labour Market Dynamics with Jonathan Meer
Jonathan Meer. 8 1 2020. The Economics Detective.
Debate: Should the minimum wage be $15 per hour?
Institute for Humane Studies. 12 18 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=499M1iUFIYc
Pros and cons of raising the minimum wage
Tejvan Pettinger. 11 2019. Economics Help.
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/153343/economics/pros-and-cons-of-raising-the-minimum-wage/
The EITC and minimum wage work together to reduce poverty and raise incomes
Jesse Rothstein and Ben Zipperer. 1 22 2020. Economic Policy Institute.
https://www.epi.org/publication/eitc-and-minimum-wage-work-together/
What is the earned income tax credit?
Tax Policy Center.
https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-earned-income-tax-credit
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): A Primer
Robert Bellafiore. 5 21 2019. Tax Foundation.
https://taxfoundation.org/earned-income-tax-credit-eitc/
CAN NUDGES INCREASE TAKE-UP OF THE EITC?:EVIDENCE FROM MULTIPLE FIELD EXPERIMENTS
Elizabeth Linos et al. 11 2020. National Bureau of Economic Research.
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28086/w28086.pdf
The Earned Income Tax Credit for Childless Workers Largely Fails to Increase Employment or Earnings: Better Alternatives Needed
12 3 2020. Robert Rector et al. Heritage.
Do EITC Expansion Pay for Themselves? Effects on Tax Revenue and Public Assistance Spending
Jacob E. Bastian and Maggie R. Jones. 9 30 2019.
The Health Effects Of Expanding The Earned Income Tax Credit: Results From New York City
Emilie Courtin et al. 7 2020. Health Affairs.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01556
Effects of changes in earned income tax credit: Time-series analyses of Washington DC
Alexander C. Wagenaar et al. 1 16 2019. SSM Popul Health.
Employment Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit: Taking the Long View
Diane Schanzenbach and Michael Strain. 11 2 2020. IZA Discussion Paper.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3722398
The EITC and Employment Transitions: Labor ForceAttachment and Annual Exit
Riley Wilson. 9 20 2019. Brigham Young University.
https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/58/ad/45cd4769414099680c053e559e9f/eitcexit-rileywilson-sept2019.pdf
The EITC and the Extensive Margin:A Reappraisal
Henrik Kleven. 3 3 2020. Public Finance Reading Group.
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/stantcheva/files/pf_reading_group_antonio_lj.pdf
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): How It Works and Who Receives It
CRS Report. 1 12 2021. Congressional Research Service.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43805.pdf
Low Unemployment isn’t Worth Much if the Jobs Barely Pay.
Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman. 1 8 2020. Brookings.
MEETtheLOW-WAGEWORKFORCE
Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman. 11 2019. Brookings.
What it’s like trying to live on minimum wage—it’s a ‘constant struggle’
Megan Leonhardt. 7 18 2019. CNBC.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/what-its-like-to-live-on-minimum-wage-in-the-us.html
Living Without a Living Wage
Eli Saslow. 3 8 2020. The Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/08/living-without-living-wage/?arc404=true
Minimum Wages: Why So Many People Have To Work Multiple Jobs
Team Dan Lok. 9 4 2019. Dan Lok.
https://danlok.com/minimum-wages-why-so-many-people-have-to-work-multiple-jobs/
Who Are the Working Poor?
Jessica Nelson. 2 25 2020. State of Oregon Employment Department.
https://www.qualityinfo.org/-/who-are-the-working-poor-
One in nine U.S. workers are paid wages that can leave them in poverty, even when working full time
David Cooper 6 15 2018. Economic Policy Institute.
An Overview of America’s Working Poor
PolicyLink.
https://www.policylink.org/data-in-action/overview-america-working-poor
What are poverty rates among working adults?
Center for Poverty & Inequality. University of California, Davis.
https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/faq/what-are-poverty-rates-among-working-adults
Fast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Fast-Food Industry
Sylvia Allegretto et al. 10 15 2013. UC Berkeley Labor Center.
The Working Poor and Homeless in the USA
ABC TV. 3 13 2017.
Surviving an Unlivable Wage | Full Documentary
CBS News. 3 26 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbvNhQ4lYLE
Improper Payments and EITC Reform
Anna Tyger. 7 29 2019. Tax Foundation.
Are Benefit Phase-Ins Completely Pointless?
Matt Bruenig. 5 9 2019. People’s Policy Project.
Moving Beyond the Earned-Income Tax Credit
Colin McAuliffe and Sean McElwee. 11 15 2018. The Nation.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/eitc-earned-income-tax-credit-reform-needed/
Beyond Lump Sum Periodic Payment of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Steve Holt. The Brookings Institution.
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/files/Holt_Steve.pdf
Expanding The Earned Income Tax Credit: The economic Security Project’s Cost-of-Living Refund.
Elaine Maag et al. 6 10 2019. Tax Policy Center.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (IETC)
Austin Nichols and Jesse Rothsetein. 5 2015. National Bureau of Economic Research.
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w21211/w21211.pdf
Timing is Money: Does Lump-Sum Payment of Tax Credits Induce High-Cost Borrowing?
Katherine Michelmore and Lauren Jones. 2015. National Tax Association.
https://edpolicy.umich.edu/files/michelmore-jones-13-aug-2015.pdf
The Line: Poverty in America – Officially Licensed Version
2 20 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHyNBGIFYl8
The End of Working Poverty: Employer Strategies Webinar
3 26 2019. The Tamarack Institute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAnM7Q5B848
Faces of Poverty: Life at the Breaking Point
12 19 2011. Odyssey Impact.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7CZMvtU5-E
Paycheck to Paycheck – Documentary
6 21 2019. Eugene Debs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob9oGBbOQl0
Minimum Wage Debate
The Austin Institute. 9 23 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puPXbYFTV6A
Will Biden’s $15 minimum wage cost jobs? The evidence, explained.
Dylan Matthews. 1 22 2021. Vox.com.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/11/20/20952151/should-minimum-wage-be-raised
David Neumark – Using Minimum Wages to Fight Inequality and Poverty
David Neumark. 11 15 2018. UCI Media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUpzyjcjYv0
Minimum Wage and Social Equality
5 10 2018. Tel Aviv University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ni3Jh4z-Ys
Myth & Measurement—The New Economics of the Minimum Wage
Card and Krueger. 4 1 2016. Washing Center for Equitable Growth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7478gw7Qw8
CREDIBLE RESEARCH DESIGNS FOR MINIMUMWAGE STUDIES: A RESPONSE TO NEUMARK,SALAS, AND WASCHER
Sylvia Allegretto et al. 5 2017. ILR Review.
https://benzipperer.info/papers/adrz_2017_credible.pdf
Reply to Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies
David NEumark and William Eascher. 12 2016.
Are There Long-Run Effects of the Minimum Wage?
Isaac Sorkin. 4 1. Rev Econ Dyn.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4415654/
THE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES:SOME QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ANSWER
David Neumark. 7 2017. NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w23584/w23584.pdf
Alaska’s universal basic income problem
Robyn Sundlee. 9 5 2019. Vox.com.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/9/5/20849020/alaska-permanent-fund-universal-basic-income
Why Alaska’s Experience Shows Promise for Universal Basic Income
Ioana Marinescu and Heiki Hiilamo. 5 10 2018. Wharton University of Pennsylvania.
The Labor Market Impacts of Universal and Permanent Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund
Damon Jones and Ioana Marinescu. 2 2018. University of Chicago.
Universal basic income seems to improve employment and well-being
Donna Lu. 5 6 2020. New Scientist.
Is basic income a good idea? Here’s what the evidence from around the world says
Marcia Gibson. 2 28 2020. The Conversation.
Everywhere basic income has been tried, in one map
Sigal Samuel. 10 20 2020. Vox.com
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/universal-basic-income-ubi-map
The public health effects of interventions similar to basic income: a scoping review
Marcia Gibson et al. 3 2020. Lancet Public Health.