The local aggregate effects of minimum wage increases

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This paper examines the effect of minimum wage changes on local aggregate inflation and consumption growth. The paper utilizes variation in state-level minimum wages across locations and finds that minimum wage increases have a relatively modest effect on both city-level inflation and spending growth over the years following the change. The most noticeable effects are for food consumed at home and away from home - industries that typically employ a large share of low-wage and minimum-wage workers. Interestingly, consumers adjust their real food consumption when minimum wages rise, suggesting that some workers benefit from minimum wage changes.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Papers ; No. 17-8

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth ; Price Level; Inflation; Deflation ; Incomes Policy; Price Policy
• Subject: minimum wage increases ; prices ; consumption ; local aggregate effects ; Mindestlohn ; Wirkungsanalyse ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cooper, Daniel ; Luengo-Prado, Maria José ; Parker, Jonathan A.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• (where): Boston, MA
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/202907
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET