The Economics of Gender-Specific Minimum Wage Legislation.

Using full count US census data, we study the impact of early twentieth-century state-industry-specific minimum wage laws that primarily targeted female employees. Our triple-difference estimates suggest a null impact of the minimum wage laws, potentially reflecting disemployment effects and the pos...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 1009 - 1064
Autores principales:	Marchingiglio, Riccardo, Poyker, Michael
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Chicago Press Jul2026
Materias:	United States Minimum wage Women's employment Labor demand Marital status Labor market Industrial concentration Twentieth century Gender inequality laws
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