This chapter discusses labor demand elasticities and includes 8 figures exploring topics like the components of the own-wage elasticity of demand for labor using plant-level data, how the federal minimum wage has changed relative to manufacturing wages over time, how minimum wage increases can obscure job losses if demand is growing, and how incomplete minimum wage coverage can cause employment shifts between covered and non-covered sectors. It also includes a figure depicting a production possibilities curve for a hypothetical society and discusses an empirical study estimating the labor demand curve using time series data and addressing simultaneity issues.
3. Figure 4.2: Different Elasticities
along a Demand Curve
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4. Table 4.1: Components of the Own-Wage
Elasticity of Demand for Labor:
Empirical Using Plant-Level data
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5. Figure 4.3: Federal Minimum Wage
Relative to Wages in Manufacturing,
1938-2007
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6. Figure 4.4: Minimum Wage Effects:
Growing Demand Obscures Job Loss
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