@techreport{NBERw4757, title = "The Effect of the Minimum Wage When It Really Bites: A Reexamination of the Evidence from Puerto Rico", author = "Alan B. Krueger", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "4757", year = "1994", month = "June", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w4757", abstract = {This paper reinvestigates the evidence on the impact of the minimum wage on employment in Puerto Rico. The strongest evidence that the minimum wage had a negative effect on employment comes from an aggregate time series analysis. The weakest evidence comes from cross-industry analyses. The main finding of the paper, however, is that the statistical evidence of a negative employment effect of the minimum wage in Puerto Rico is surprisingly fragile.}, }