The Economics of Gender-Specific Minimum Wage Legislation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Marchingiglio, Riccardo; Poyker, Michael
• 署名单位: Analysis Group Inc.; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/733493
• 发表日期: 2026
• 关键词: CREDIBLE RESEARCH DESIGNS; MAXIMUM-HOURS LAWS; UNITED-STATES; subminimum wages; labor-markets; panel-data; EMPLOYMENT; women; substitution; INEQUALITY

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.