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Author: Marcus, Alan J.
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
Marcus, Alan J.
Minimum Wage Legislation and the Educational Outcomes of Youth
Research in Labor Economics 3 (1980): 61-93
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: JAI Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Census of Population; Employment; High School; Minimum Wage; Schooling; Teenagers

This analysis of the statewide data on white male and female teenagers from the l970 Census of Population and the l966 NLS data for nonwhite male teenagers yields conflicting evidence. The former suggest that the effect of minimum wage changes on teenagers' educational decisions is small, and that the major effect of the changes is to redistribute jobs from the children of the poor to the children of the nonpoor. The latter suggest that such changes induce a shift from full-time schooling to full-time employment for nonwhite male teens from low-income families. While coherent explanations can be provided for each of these results, confidence in them would have been increased if the various data bases had yielded similar findings.
Bibliography Citation
Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Alan J. Marcus. "Minimum Wage Legislation and the Educational Outcomes of Youth." Research in Labor Economics 3 (1980): 61-93.
2. Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
Marcus, Alan J.
Minimum Wages and Teenagers' Enrollment-Employment Outcomes: A Multinomial Logit Model
Journal of Human Resources 17,1 (Winter 1982): 39-58.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/145523
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Resources; Minimum Wage; Schooling; Teenagers

This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of minimum wage legislation on teenagers' education decisions is asymmetrical across family income classes, with the legislation inducing children from low-income families to reduce their levels of schooling and children from higher- income families to increase their educational attainment. The authors use data from the NLS of Young Men and Young Women, and exploit the fact that, although the minimum wage is fixed at a point in time, its value relative to adult wages varies across areas. Multinomial logit models of teenagers' enrollment-employment outcomes are estimated. The hypothesis appears to be confirmed for white teens; however, the evidence for nonwhites is more ambiguous.
Bibliography Citation
Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Alan J. Marcus. "Minimum Wages and Teenagers' Enrollment-Employment Outcomes: A Multinomial Logit Model." Journal of Human Resources 17,1 (Winter 1982): 39-58.