Do Minimum Wage Laws Affect People Who are Not Covered?

Grantee

Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University

Publication Date

5-22-2009

Grant Type

Early Career Research Award

Description

Although federal minimum wage has increased three times over the 2007 through 2009 period, agriculture is one sector in which workers are often exempt from minimum wage provisions. This study examines secondary effects of minimum wage legislation, particularly those effects on wages and employment of workers who are not explicitly covered. Using data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Agricultural Workers Survey, the author examines realized wages for agricultural workers, both documented and undocumented, before and after federal and state minimum wage changes.

Grant Product

Do Minimum Wage Laws Affect People Who Are Not Covered? Evidence from Documented and Undocumented, Hourly and Piece Rate Workers in U.S. Agriculture
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 13-194, 2013