@article{4fea7d9c23854025b58646a3d0d3a4c5,
title = "The minimum wage and annual earnings inequality",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Earnings inequality, Minimum wage",
author = "Engelhardt, {Gary V.} and Purcell, {Patrick J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The research reported herein was supported by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College pursuant to a grant from the U.S. Social Security Administration funded as part of the Retirement Research Consortium. The opinions and conclusions are solely those of the authors and should not be construed as representing those of the Social Security Administration, any Federal Government agency, Boston College, or Syracuse University. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110001",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "207",
journal = "Economics Letters",
issn = "0165-1765",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}