Chapter 12. Conclusions and Implications

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Twentieth-Anniversary Edition ix
4. Preface xxvii
5. Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview 1
6. Chapter 2. Employer Responses to the Minimum Wage: Evidence from the Fast-Food Industry 20
7. Chapter 3. Statewide Evidence on the Effect of the 1988 California Minimum Wage 78
8. Chapter 4. The Effect of the Federal Minimum Wage on Low-Wage Workers: Evidence from Cross-State Comparisons 113
9. Chapter 5. Additional Employment Outcomes 152
10. Chapter 6. Evaluation of Time-Series Evidence 178
11. Chapter 7. Evaluation of Cross-Section and Panel-Data Evidence 208
12. Chapter 8. International Evidence 240
13. Chapter 9. How the Minimum Wage Affects the Distribution of Wages, the Distribution of Family Earnings, and Poverty 276
14. Chapter 10. How Much Do Employers and Shareholders Lose? 313
15. Chapter 11. Is There an Explanation? Alternative Models of the Labor Market and the Minimum Wage 355
16. Chapter 12. Conclusions and Implications 387
17. References 401
18. Index 415