Abstract
This paper reinvestigates the evidence on the impact of the minimum wage on
employment in Puerto Rico. The strongest evidence that the minimum wage had a negative
effect on employment comes from an aggregate time series analysis. The weakest evidence
comes from cross-industry analyses. The main finding of the paper, however, is that the
statistical evidence of a negative employment effect of the minimum wage in Puerto Rico is
surprisingly fragile.
Year of Publication
1994
Number
330
Date Published
05/1994
Publication Language
eng
Citation Key
In Solomon Polachek (ed.) Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 14, (Greenwich, CT:JAI Press, 1995)
Krueger, A. (1994). The Effect of the Minimum Wage When It Really Bites: A Reexamination of the Evidence from Puerto Rico. Retrieved from http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp013t945q78d (Original work published May 1994)
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