Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
性别特定最低工资立法的经济学分析
The Economics of Gender-Specific Minimum Wage Legislation
摘要
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 positive selection bias of the workers remaining in the labor force. When comparing county-industry trends between counties straddling state borders, female employment is lower by around 3.1% in affected county-industry cells. We further investigate the implications for own-wage elasticity of labor demand as a function of cross-industry concentration, the channels of substitution between men and women, and heterogeneity by marital status.
中文摘要
利用美国人口普查全量数据，本文研究了20世纪初主要针对女性雇员的州-行业特定最低工资法的影响。三重差分估计结果表明，最低工资法的影响为零，这可能反映了就业抑制效应以及留在劳动力队伍中的工人存在的正向选择偏差。通过比较州界两侧县-行业层面的趋势，受影响县-行业单元的女性就业率下降约3.1%。我们进一步探讨了劳动力需求的自工资弹性如何随跨行业集中度变化、男女替代渠道以及婚姻状况异质性。