NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES, …

NBER WORKING PAPER SERIESMINIMUM WAGE INCREASES, WAGES, AND LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM SEATTLEE katerina JardimMark C. LongRobert PlotnickEmma van InwegenJacob VigdorHilary WethingWorking PAPER 23532 BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH1050 Massachusetts AvenueCambridge, MA 02138 June 2017We thank our study collaborators, Jennifer Romich, Scott W. Allard, Heather D. Hill, Jennifer Otten, Scott Bailey, and Anneliese Vance-Sherman. We thank the state of Washington s Employment Security Department for providing access to data, and Matthew Dunbar for assistance in geocoding business locations. We thank the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the City of Seattle for funding and supporting the Seattle MINIMUM Wage Study. The Evans School of Public Policy and Governance provided financial and administrative support. Partial support for this study came from a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development research infrastructure grant, R24 HD042828, to the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology at the University of Washington.

5 low-wage employment across all sectors, employment elasticities as conventionally calculated lie within the range established in prior literature, if somewhat on the high side.

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