The Employment and Distributional Impacts of Nationwide Minimum Wage Changes
利用工资水平的地理差异，评估全国最低工资对整个工资分布中就业的影响，发现工资分布底部显著上升，就业负效应小且不显著，最低工资使中低收入家庭收入比例增加。
We assess the impact of nationwide minimum wages on employment throughout the whole wage distribution by exploiting geographical variation in the level of wages. We find a substantial increase in wages at the bottom of the wage distribution, while we detect a small, statistically insignificant negative effect on employment. Combining the estimated change in the wage distribution with a tax and benefit microsimulation model, we show that the minimum wage generates considerable proportional income gains up to the middle of the household income distribution.