CWED
Minimum Wage Research
IRLE’s minimum wage research influences national, state and local debates
This corpus of policy briefs, reports and academic research has greatly influenced the widespread public and academic debates about the future of U.S. minimum wage policy. The national media closely follows the release of IRLE publications and is quick to seek the opinions of many of our experts.
Much of the academic minimum wage research at IRLE has been spearheaded by Center for Wage and Employment Dynamics’s (CWED) chair, Professor Michael Reich, and former CWED co-chair Dr. Sylvia Allegretto.
Other minimum wage researchers at IRLE include the Labor Center’s Ken Jacobs and Annette Bernhardt. In addition to the CWED publications listed below, the Labor Center publishes a variety of research and resources on minimum wages, including the Inventory of US City and County Minimum Wage Ordinances.
Minimum Wage Publications
Minimum Wage Effects and Monopsony Explanations
September 25, 2023 • By Justin C. Wiltshire, Carl McPherson and Michael Reich
High Minimum Wages and the Monopsony Puzzle
May 1, 2023 • By Justin C. Wiltshire, Carl McPherson and Michael Reich
Small Businesses and the Minimum Wage
March 7, 2023 • By Jesse Wursten and Michael Reich
Racial Inequality in Frictional Labor Markets
March 2, 2023 • By Jesse Wursten and Michael Reich
Racial Inequality in Frictional Labor Markets: Evidence from Minimum Wages
March 2, 2023 • By Jesse Wursten and Michael Reich