From: The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?
1995-2001 | Restricted to 79 MSAs/PMSAs, corrected living wage laws, 1995-2001 | Living wage variables aggregated to CMSA level, 1995-2001 | Living wage variables aggregated to CMSA level, 1995-2009 | Column (3) updated, 1995-2003 | ||
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Previous estimates, restricted trends | Restricted trends | City-specific trends | City-specific trends | City-specific trends | City-specific trends | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
Sample mean | 0.179 | 0.179 | 0.178 | 0.182 | 0.181 | |
Specification 1 | ||||||
Log living wage, lagged 12 months | −0.035** | −0.024 | −0.019 | −0.045** | −0.001 | −0.008 |
(0.013) | (0.017) | (0.016) | (0.017) | (0.009) | (0.016) | |
Speciification 2 | ||||||
Business assistance living wage laws: | ||||||
Log living wage, lagged 12 months | −0.024* | −0.027 | −0.041* | −0.069** | −0.024** | −0.035 |
(0.013) | (0.022) | (0.021) | (0.022) | (0.012) | (0.022) | |
Contractor-only living wage laws: | ||||||
Log living wage, lagged 12 months | −0.038 | −0.012 | 0.012 | −0.003 | 0.017 | 0.021 |
(0.025) | (0.024) | (0.023) | (0.026) | (0.011) | (0.020) | |
N | 142,421 | 115,818 | 115,818 | 117,658 | 308,008 | 157,048 |