Article
Economics
Xueliang Lv, Yue Yu, Xiaomeng Zhao, Deng-Kui Si
Summary: Based on empirical research using CHFS panel tracking data, this article finds that the increase in minimum wage has a positive impact on household economic vulnerability, by raising income levels, improving health status, and increasing insurance, savings, and capital for low-income groups. The impact is particularly significant for rural households and those with low education levels. This research expands policy options to help low-income groups cope with risk shocks.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Clem Aeppli, Nathan Wilmers
Summary: US earnings inequality has not increased in the last decade, marking the first sustained reversal since 1980. The gap between low-wage and median-wage workers has shrunk, but the gap between top and median workers remains. The rising pay for low-wage workers is mainly attributed to the overall pay increase in low-wage occupations and the tightening labor markets.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Douglas A. Wolf, Shannon M. Monnat, Jennifer Karas Montez
Summary: Studies show that increasing the minimum wage above the federal level in a US state can reduce infant mortality rates. However, state preemption laws that remove local authority to raise the minimum wage are a significant threat to population health. The growing trend of these laws, particularly since 2010, may be contributing to troubling trends in US life expectancy.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Economics
Naibao Zhao, Meng Sun
Summary: The research shows that raising the minimum wage can motivate workers to work harder, but it may also increase the unemployment rate and have a negative impact on overall output. In addition, a higher minimum wage also has a spillover effect on higher-income workers. Workers' on-the-job effort responses seem to have a moderate offsetting effect on the higher minimum wage.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leah S. Klos, Frank B. Giordano, Stacy A. Stoffregen, Miki C. Azuma, Jin Lee
Summary: The study explores how state-level indicators of workers' values, such as minimum wage and workers' compensation benefits, are negatively associated with fatality rates in the following year, highlighting the importance of contextual factors in affecting health and safety outcomes at a state-level.
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Anita Alves Pena, Bryanna Dixon
Summary: The study shows that pesticide exposure has a positive correlation with certain health conditions and wage patterns in crop workers. It highlights the importance of considering worker bargaining power and agency when determining wage premiums for assumed health risks. The differences between undocumented and documented workers have implications for compensation and occupational health policies in this labor-intensive, essential sector.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Sharon Katzkowicz, Gabriela Pedetti, Martina Querejeta, Marcelo Bergolo
Summary: The study found that the minimum wage had a significant impact on the labor outcomes of women in the domestic-work sector in Uruguay, with approximately 20% of women increasing their wages as a result. Although the minimum wage policy did not cover the informal sector, it still had effects on both formal and informal sectors. The research also revealed a decrease in employment in the domestic sector and significant impacts on formal-informal sector mobility during the analysis period.
Article
Economics
Laurent Bossavie, Yoonyoung Cho, Rachel Heath
Summary: After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, reforms and responses in the garment industry of Bangladesh had both direct and indirect impacts on workers. These included wage increases, voluntary audits, and a decrease in subcontracting. This study found that international scrutiny improved working conditions, while wages actually increased by about 10% post-Rana Plaza, contradicting the theory of compensating differentials.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Shilpa Madan, Anyi Ma, Neeraj Pandey, Aneeta Rattan, Krishna Savani
Summary: The study found that having a growth mindset about intelligence promotes support for increasing low-wage workers' wages. People with a growth mindset are more likely to support raising the minimum wage and providing other forms of compensation for low-wage workers.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL
(2023)
Article
Economics
Lev Drucker, Katya Mazirov, David Neumark
Summary: Research shows that increasing the minimum wage reduces company profits, with companies that rely heavily on minimum-wage workers bearing the brunt of the cost. Lower-income business owners are more severely affected, while business owners with a higher percentage of minimum-wage workers rank at the bottom of the income distribution among business owners.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Natalia Mishagina, Claude Montmarquette
Summary: Support for the proposed policy to raise the minimum wage is driven by participants' self-interest, social preferences, and beliefs about the policy outcomes, which can be influenced by their knowledge about the minimum wage and economic literacy.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
James H. Buszkiewicz, Anjum Hajat, Heather D. Hill, Jennifer J. Otten, Adam Drewnowski
Summary: The association between minimum wage and health varies based on different subpopulations and health outcomes. The study highlights the heterogeneous associations between minimum wage, obesity, and psychological distress by racial, ethnic, and gender strata, emphasizing the importance of further research in promoting health equity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Yu Liu, Xue Zhang, Jian Feng
Summary: The employment choices of migrant workers in China are affected by industrial restructuring, with those working in declining industries experiencing lower wages and social integration levels.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Bernardo Fanfani, Claudio Lucifora, Daria Vigani
Summary: This study examines the representativeness of employer associations in Italy, finding that affiliation rates to these associations have declined over the past two decades. Affiliated firms are shown to be larger, older, located in wealthier regions, and more focused on export and innovation, as well as training. Larger firms have been more affected by the decline in affiliation rates over time. Additionally, the study reveals a weak positive effect of representativeness on collective bargaining occupational wage minima settled by these associations.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
(2023)
Article
Criminology & Penology
David Mitre-Becerril, Aaron Chalfin
Summary: In 2017, Seattle increased its minimum wage to $15 per hour, doubling the federal minimum wage, without reducing employment levels or significantly impacting the rates of violent or property crime.
CRIMINOLOGY & PUBLIC POLICY
(2021)