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1. Local minimum wage laws, boundary discontinuity methods, and policy spillovers

Jardim, Ekaterina; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wiles, Emma;
2024
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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2. Boundary Discontinuity Methods and Policy Spillovers

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The boundary discontinuity method of causal inference may yield misleading results if a policy's impacts do not stop at the border of the implementing jurisdiction. We use geographically precise longitudinal employment data documenting worker job-to-job mobility to study policy spillovers in the context of three local minimum wage increases. Estimated spillover impacts on wages and hours are statistically significant, geographically diffuse, and sufficient to create concern regarding interpretation of results even using not-immediately-adjacent regions as controls. Spillover effects appear less concerning with smaller interventions or those or adopted in a smaller jurisdiction

Jardim, Ekaterina S.; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Van Inwegen, Emma; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wething, Hilary;
2022
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Citations: 1 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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3. Minimum-wage increases and low-wage employment : evidence from Seattle

Jardim, Ekaterina; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Van Inwegen, Emma; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wething, Hilary;
2022
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 4 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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4. Minimum Wage Increases and Individual Employment Trajectories

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Using administrative employment data from the state of Washington, we use short-duration longitudinal panels to study the impact of Seattle's minimum wage ordinance on individuals employed in low-wage jobs immediately before a wage increase. We draw counterfactual observations using nearest-neighbor matching and derive effect estimates by comparing the “treated” cohort to a placebo cohort drawn from earlier data. We attribute significant hourly wage increases and hours reductions to the policy. On net, the minimum wage increase from $9.47 to as much as $13 per hour raised earnings by an average of $8-$12 per week. The entirety of these gains accrued to workers with above-median experience at baseline; less-experienced workers saw no significant change to weekly pay. Approximately one-quarter of the earnings gains can be attributed to experienced workers making up for lost hours in Seattle with work outside the city limits. We associate the minimum wage ordinance with an 8% reduction in job turnover rates as well as a significant reduction in the rate of new entries into the workforce

jardim, Ekaterina; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Van Inwegen, Emma; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wething, Hilary;
2018
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5. Minimum Wage Increases and Individual Employment Trajectories

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Using administrative employment data from the state of Washington, we use short-duration longitudinal panels to study the impact of Seattle's minimum wage ordinance on individuals employed in low-wage jobs immediately before a wage increase. We draw counterfactual observations using nearest-neighbor matching and derive effect estimates by comparing the "treated" cohort to a placebo cohort drawn from earlier data. We attribute significant hourly wage increases and hours reductions to the policy. On net, the minimum wage increase from $9.47 to as much as $13 per hour raised earnings by an average of $8-$12 per week. The entirety of these gains accrued to workers with above-median experience at baseline; less-experienced workers saw no significant change to weekly pay. Approximately one-quarter of the earnings gains can be attributed to experienced workers making up for lost hours in Seattle with work outside the city limits. We associate the minimum wage ordinance with an 8% reduction in job turnover rates as well as a significant reduction in the rate of new entries into the workforce

Jardim, Ekaterina; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Van Inwegen, Emma; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wething, Hilary;
2018
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Citations: 18 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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6. Minimum wage increases and individual employment trajectories

Jardim, Ekaterina; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Van Inwegen, Emma; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wething, Hilary;
2018
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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7. Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and Low-Wage Employment : Evidence from Seattle

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This paper evaluates the wage, employment, and hours effects of the first and second phase-in of the Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance, which raised the minimum wage from $9.47 to as much as $11 in 2015 and to as much as $13 in 2016. Using a variety of methods to analyze employment in all sectors paying below a specified real hourly wage rate, we conclude that the second wage increase to $13 reduced hours worked in low-wage jobs by 6-7 percent, while hourly wages in such jobs increased by 3 percent. Consequently, total payroll for such jobs decreased, implying that the Ordinance lowered the amount paid to workers in low-wage jobs by an average of $74 per month per job in 2016. Evidence attributes more modest effects to the first wage increase. We estimate an effect of zero when analyzing employment in the restaurant industry at all wage levels, comparable to many prior studies

Jardim, Ekaterina; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Van Inwegen, Emma; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wething, Hilary;
2018
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8. Minimum wage increases, wages, and low-wage employment : evidence from Seattle

Jardim, Ekaterina; Long, Mark C.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Van Inwegen, Emma; Vigdor, Jacob L.; Wething, Hilary;
2017
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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9. Analyzing the impact of highway tolls on low-income persons : an application to the Puget Sound Region of Washington State

Plotnick, Robert D.; Romich, Jennifer; Thacker, Jennifer; Dunbar, Matthew;
2010
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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10. Benefits and Costs of Intensive Foster Care Services : The Casey Family Programs Compared to State Services

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The foster care system attempts to prepare children and youth who have suffered child maltreatment for successful adult lives. This study documents the economic advantages of a privately funded foster care program that provided longer term, more intensive, and more expensive services compared to public programs. The study found significant differences in major adult educational, health, and social outcomes between children placed in the private program and those placed in public programs operated by Oregon and Washington. For the outcomes for which we could find financial data, the estimated present value of the enhanced foster care services exceeded their extra costs. Generalizing to the roughly 100,000 adolescents age 12-17 entering foster care each year, if all of them were to receive the private model of services, the savings for a single cohort of these children could be about $6.3 billion in 2007 dollars

Zerbe, Richard O.; Plotnick, Robert D.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Pecora, Peter J.; Hiripi, Eva; O'Brien, Kirk; Williams, Jason; English, Diana; White, James;
2014
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