Table 1
Percentage change in employment for each percentage change in earnings due to a change in the minimum wage
All county sample | County pair sample | |
---|---|---|
No matching | -0.784* | -0.482** |
No matching, control for Census division differences | -0.114 | — |
No matching, control for state differences | 0.183 | — |
No matching, control for MSA differences | 0.211 | — |
County-level matching | — | 0.079 |
* Statistically significant at the 10 percent level.
** Statistically significant at the 5 percent level.
Source: Estimates drawn from Dube, Lester, and Reich (2010), Table 2 (this is not a reproduction of their Table 2)
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