1. The negative minimum wage elasticities they report for the low-skilled and teenage workers. They vary from -0.1 to -0.3 across studies compared to zero elasticity argument. These elasticities also vary from place to place and different trades even within low-skilled jobs.
2. There exist biases in evaluating the income and substitution effects of a wage increase.
3. A better way to see this is to measure the impact of a rise in the minimum wage when some states increase the minimum wage whereas some other states with similar socio-economic background do not.
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