Minimum wage stuff

Russell Roberts:

"Card/Kruegar was newsworthy because it's a man-bites-dog story; it reaches conclusions that are way out of line with every prior study. Over a hundred minimum wage studies are referenced and summarized here:

http://www.house.gov/jec/cost-gov/regs/minimum/50years.htm

A few of the findings in brief:

# The minimum wage reduces employment.
Currie and Fallick (1993), Gallasch (1975), Gardner (1981), Peterson (1957), Peterson and Stewart (1969).

# The minimum wage reduces employment more among teenagers than adults.
Adie (1973); Brown, Gilroy and Kohen (1981a, 1981b); Fleisher (1981); Hammermesh (1982); Meyer and Wise (1981, 1983a); Minimum Wage Study Commission (1981); Neumark and Wascher (1992); Ragan (1977); Vandenbrink (1987); Welch (1974, 1978); Welch and Cunningham (1978).

# The minimum wage reduces employment most among black teenage males.
Al-Salam, Quester, and Welch (1981), Iden (1980), Mincer (1976), Moore (1971), Ragan (1977), Williams (1977a, 1977b).

And so on..."