TY  - JOUR
AU  - Brown,Charles
AU  - Gilroy,Curtis
AU  - Kohen,Andrew
TI  - The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Unemployment: A Survey
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 846
PY  - 1982
Y2  - November 1982
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0846
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0846.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Charles C. Brown
Department of Economics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1220
Tel: 734/763-3036
Fax: 734/647-1186
E-Mail: charlieb@umich.edu

Curtis Gilroy
Office of the Secretary of Defense,
E-Mail: curt.gilroy@osd.mil

Andrew I. Kohen
E-Mail: kohenai@jmu.edu
AB  - In this paper, we survey theoretical models of the effect of the minimum wage and, in somewhat greater detail, evidence of its effect on employment and unemployment. Our discussion of the theory emphasizes recent work using two-sector and heterogeneous-worker models. We then summarize and evaluate the large literature on employment and unemployment effects of the minimum on teenagers. Finally, we survey the evidence of the effect of the minimum wage on adult employment, and on employment in low-wage industries and areas.
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