Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299944 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17016
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using full count U.S. census data, we study the impact of early 20th-century state-industry-specific minimum wage laws that primarily targeted female employees. Our triple-difference estimates suggest a null impact of the minimum wage laws, potentially reflecting disemployment effects and the positive selection bias of the workers remaining in the labor force. When comparing county-industry trends between counties straddling state borders, female employment is lower by around 3.1% in affected county-industry cells. We further investigate the implications for own-wage elasticity of labor demand as a function of cross-industry concentration, the channels of substitution between men and women, and heterogeneity by marital status.
Subjects: 
minimum wage
labor demand
gender gap
labor markets
JEL: 
J16
J23
N32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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