ERIC Number: ED397242
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1993-Jun
Pages: 18
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The Minimum Wage and the Employment of Teenagers. Recent Research.
Fallick, Bruce; Currie, Janet
A study used individual-level data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the effects of changes in the federal minimum wage on teenage employment. Individuals in the sample were classified as either likely or unlikely to be affected by these increases in the federal minimum wage on the basis of their wage rates and industry of employment. An estimation, concentrated on teenagers, showed that workers whose wages were between the old and new minimum wage and whose wages were raised by the increase in the minimum were 3-4 percent more likely to lose their jobs in the following year than individuals not directly affected. Even after controlling for the differences among teenage workers, the study concluded that the simple fact of working at a wage below the new minimum raised the probability of unemployment. (YLB)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Employment Patterns, Enrollment, High Schools, Higher Education, Minimum Wage, Student Employment, Unemployment, Vocational Education, Vocational Followup, Wages, Youth Employment
Employment Policies Institute, 607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 1110, Washington, DC 20005 ($8).
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Employment Policies Inst., Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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