The Minimum Wage as a Tool for Racial Economic Justice
回顾经济学文献中关于最低工资的正义与效率争论，聚焦种族正义，发现近期实证研究支持1963年民权游行者的立场，即最低工资能促进经济正义且几乎不损失效率。
Participants at the 1963 civil rights march on Washington supported minimum wage laws using arguments of economic justice. Many economists at the time argued against the minimum wage based on efficiency concerns rooted in neoclassical theory. After decades of debate, where does the economics profession stand on the justice and efficiency claims of the minimum wage? We discuss the evolution of the minimum wage literature in economics, focusing on racial justice. We highlight recent empirical papers that overwhelmingly support the position of the marchers on Washington while at the same time showing little to no loss of economic efficiency.