@article{86925718d5bd4a08a139128f49b249a6,
title = "The Effect of Minimum Wage Policies on the Wage and Occupational Structure of Establishments",
abstract = "Using establishment-level panel data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, I estimate the effect of minimum wage increases implemented by 10 states in 2014 and 2015. I show that minimum wage increases lead to wage spillovers within establishments. I find little evidence that minimum wage increases induce establishments to reorganize their occupational mix. Finally, I find that minimum wage increases propagate up the management hierarchy, leading to increased wages for supervisors. Nonetheless, I find that overall wage inequality decreases within establishments after minimum wage increases.",
author = "Eliza Forsythe",
note = "This project was supported by the Russell Sage Foundation. I thank the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for providing data access via the Visiting Researchers Program. Anahid Bauer provided excellent research assistance. I thank audience members at the Wage Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century Conference and Jeff Clemens for his discussion. This research was conducted with restricted access to US Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Contact the author at eforsyth@ illinois.edu. Information concerning access to the data used in this paper is available as supplemental material online.",
year = "2023",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1086/726820",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "S291--S324",
journal = "Journal of Labor Economics",
issn = "0734-306X",
publisher = "University of Chicago Press",
number = "S1",
}