Econometrica Vol. 51 No. 6 1983

Discontinuous Distributions and Missing Persons: The Minimum Wage and Unemployed Youth

Robert H. Meyer^1,2; David A. Wise^1,3,2

¹ National Bureau of Economic Research · ² Harvard University Press · ³ Harvard University

Abstract

The effects of minimum wage legislation on the employment and wage rates of youth are estimated using a new statistical approach. We find that without the minimum, not only would the percent of out-of-school youth who are employed be 4 to 6 percent higher than it is, but also that these youth would earn more.

DOI

10.2307/1912112

Volume

51

Issue

6

Pages

1677

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