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Title: The Effects of Minimum Wages on (Almost) Everything? A Review of Recent Evidence on Health and Related Behaviors
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Neumark, David B. |
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The Effects of Minimum Wages on (Almost) Everything? A Review of Recent Evidence on Health and Related Behaviors Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations published online (6 February 2024). Also: https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12263 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult, NLSY97 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Depression (see also CESD); Diet; Exercise; Health Behaviors; Health Outcomes; Health, Mental/Psychological; Health, Physical; Minimum Wage; Obesity; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Suicide I review and assess the evidence on minimum wage effects on health outcomes and health-related behaviors. The evidence on physical health points in conflicting directions, leaning toward adverse effects. Research on effects of diet and obesity sometimes points to beneficial effects, whereas other evidence indicates that higher minimum wages increase smoking and drinking and reduce exercise (and possibly hygiene). In contrast, there is evidence that higher minimum wages reduce suicides, partly consistent with the evidence of positive or mixed effects on other measures of mental health/depression. Overall, policy conclusions that minimum wages improve health are unwarranted or at least premature. |
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Neumark, David B. "The Effects of Minimum Wages on (Almost) Everything? A Review of Recent Evidence on Health and Related Behaviors." Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations published online (6 February 2024).
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