The minimum wage and annual earnings inequality

Gary V. Engelhardt; Patrick J. Purcell

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110001

The minimum wage and annual earnings inequality

Gary V. Engelhardt, Patrick J. Purcell

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We estimate the impact of the minimum wage on U.S. male annual earnings inequality, using administrative Social Security earnings records from 1981–2015. The minimum wage reduces inequality in the bottom quartile of the earnings distribution, and especially in the bottom decile.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	110001
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	207
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110001
State	Published - Oct 2021

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Earnings inequality
Minimum wage

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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