THE EFFECT OF THE MINIMUM-WAGE ON THE FAST-FOOD INDUSTRY
THE EFFECT OF THE MINIMUM-WAGE ON THE FAST-FOOD INDUSTRY
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DOI：
10.1177/001979399204600102
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发表时间：
1992-10-01
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通讯作者：
KRUEGER, AB
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作者：
KATZ, LF;KRUEGER, AB
通过对德克萨斯州快餐店的纵向调查，作者研究了最近联邦最低工资的提高对低工资劳动力市场的影响。在1991年7 / 8月，只有不到5%的快餐店使用新的青年次最低工资，尽管绝大多数快餐店在新最低时薪生效前支付的起薪低于新最低时薪。尽管在1990年和1991年，一些餐馆增加的工资超过了遵守更高的最低工资标准所需的水平，但联邦最低工资的增加大大压缩了德克萨斯州快餐业起薪的分配。与传统预测不同的两个发现是：(1)那些受1991年最低工资增长影响最大的公司的就业增长比其他公司的就业增长更多；(2)价格变化与强制性工资变化无关。
Using a longitudinal survey of fast-food restaurants in Texas, the authors examine the impact of recent increases in the federal minimum wage on a low-wage labor market. Less than 5% of fast-food restaurants were using the new youth subminimum wage in July/August 1991, even though the vast majority paid a starting wage below the new hourly minimum wage immediately before it became effective. Although some restaurants increased wages beyond the level needed to comply with higher minimum wages in both 1990 and 1991, those federal minimum wage increases greatly compressed the distribution of starting wages in the Texas fast-food industry. Two findings at variance with conventional predictions are that (1) employment increased more in those firms likely to have been most affected by the 1991 minimum wage increase than in other firms and (2) price changes were unrelated to mandated wage changes.