The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases on Food and Kindred Products Prices: An Analysis of Price Pass-Through

[摘要] An input-output model is used to analyze price pass-through effects of a minimum wage increase on prices of the food and kindred products and food-service industries. These sectors employ a disproportionate share of minimum wage workers, but results suggest a $0.50 increase in the present minimum wage would increase food prices less than 1 percent for most of the 12 food and kindred products prices and 1 percent at eating and drinking places.

[发布日期] 1999-08-01 [发布机构] United States Department of Agriculture

[学科分类] 农业科学（综合）

[关键词] minimum wage;input-output analysis;food and kindred products industries;eating and drinking places