Minimum Wage Policy and Community College Enrollment Patterns
利用州界两侧社区大学的配对数据，研究发现最低工资提高显著降低了社区大学的入学率，且该效应仅存在于兼职学生中，表明最低工资主要影响在工作和高等教育间抉择的边缘学生。
In this article, the author studies the effect of the minimum wage on community college enrollment using cross-border variation in state minimum wages. To address spatial correlation in local labor market conditions, schools are paired on either side of state borders based on geographic proximity using the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Comparing paired schools, the author finds a substantial reduction in enrollment at community colleges in areas with a higher minimum wage. This effect is observed only among part-time students, which suggests that the minimum wage primarily affects students at the margin between work and postsecondary education.