Table 4 Updated estimates of effects of living wages on log wages and employment, lowest decile of wage distribution or predicted wage distribution (for employment)
From: The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?
“Baseline” estimates, Table3, columns (7) and (8), 1996-2002 | Living wage variables aggregated to CMSA level, 1996-2009 | Living wage variables aggregated to CMSA level, 1996-2002 | Living wages defined at MSA/PMSA level, 1996-2004 | |||||
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
Dependent variable: | Log wages | Employment | Log wages | Employment | Log wages | Employment | Log wages | Employment |
Specification 1 | ||||||||
Log living wage, lagged 12 months | 0.034 | −0.061** | 0.026 | −0.019** | 0.009 | −0.039* | 0.037 | −0.052** |
(0.031) | (0.019) | (0.019) | (0.009) | (0.036) | (0.021) | (0.034) | (0.017) | |
Specification 2 | ||||||||
Business assistance living wage laws: | ||||||||
Log living wage, lagged 12 months | 0.070* | −0.073** | 0.021 | −0.005 | 0.025 | −0.026 | 0.051 | −0.055** |
(0.037) | (0.021) | (0.023) | (0.012) | (0.042) | (0.026) | (0.041) | (0.023) | |
Contractor-only living wage laws: | ||||||||
Log living wage, lagged 12 months | −0.016 | −0.043 | 0.022 | −0.029** | −0.052 | −0.053 | 0.020 | −0.048** |
(0.040) | (0.032) | (0.027) | (0.014) | (0.057) | (0.035) | (0.056) | (0.023) | |
N | 44,588 | 90,695 | 86,614 | 188,769 | 44,588 | 90,695 | 53,038 | 109,725 |