What Can We Conclude from the Evidence on Minimum Wages and Employment? Recent Progress
The lecture will explore the impact of minimum wages on employment based on an extensive review of recent research. It will focus on the overall findings from the academic literature, key econometric challenges in the field, and the latest evidence relating to methodological issues.
When: May 20, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Faculty of National Economy
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About the Speaker:
David Neumark (born July 7, 1959) is an American economist and a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine, where he also directs the Economic Self-Sufficiency Policy Research Institute.
Education
He earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania (1982) with honors. He received his M.A. (1985) and Ph.D. (1987) in economics from Harvard University, specializing in labor economics and econometrics. His dissertation focused on male-female differences in the labor market.
Academic Career and Research
He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Michigan State University. Since 2005, he has been a professor at UC Irvine and an affiliated researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
His research focuses on minimum wages, affirmative action, gender differences in the labor market, discrimination (e.g., taste-based vs. statistical), the economics of aging, and school-to-work transitions. His work is published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and the Journal of Labor Economics. He is the editor of the IZA Journal of Labor Policy and co-editor of the Journal of Urban Economics.
Publications
The Economics of Affirmative Action (2004, co-edited with Harry J. Holzer)
Minimum Wages (2008, co-authored with William Wascher) – a book that summarizes dozens of studies on the effects of minimum wages on employment, education, poverty, and inequality.
