Some Evidence on Cross-Sector Effects of the Minimum Wage
检验Mincer的最低工资模型，估计美国九大区域受覆盖和未覆盖部门的工资与就业方程，发现未覆盖部门工资在最低工资上调后的变化方向取决于受覆盖部门的需求弹性。
This paper tests Mincer's minimum-wage model by estimating reduced-form wage and employment equations for both the covered and uncovered sectors in nine regions of the United States. As theory predicts, in regions with comparatively small covered-sector demand elasticities, the northern and midwestern regions, the uncovered-sector wage increases after a minimum-wage hike; and in regions with comparatively large demand elasticities, the southern and western regions, the uncovered-sector wage decreases. Because of data limitations the uncovered-sector employment effect could not be estimated sharply, and so its relationship to the covered-sector demand elasticity is weak.