The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers

This article examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation strategy and data from the Current Population Survey, and disaggregate the sample by race/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential effects...

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Volume:	24
Main Author:	Averett, Susan L Smith, Julie K Wang, Yang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	ABINGDON Routledge 20.09.2017 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
published in:	Applied economics letters Vol. 24; no. 16; pp. 1127 - 1130
Data of publication:	9/20/2017
ISSN:	1350-4851 1466-4291
EISSN:	1466-4291
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	self-reported health Minimum wage teenagers race/ethnic differences Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences race ethnic differences self-reported health Minimum wage race teenagers ethnic differences race/ethnic differences
Online Access:	Fulltext
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