• DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00723.x
Corpus ID: 153464294

Publication Selection Bias in Minimum-Wage Research? A Meta-Regression Analysis

@article{Doucouliagos2008PublicationSB,
  title={Publication Selection Bias in Minimum-Wage Research? A Meta-Regression Analysis},
  author={Hristos Doucouliagos and T. Stanley},
  journal={Labor: Supply & Demand},
  year={2008}
}

Hristos Doucouliagos, T. Stanley

Published 2008

Economics

Labor: Supply & Demand

Card and Krueger’s (1995a) meta-analysis of the employment effects of minimum wages challenged existing theory. Unfortunately, their meta-analysis confused publication selection with the absence of a genuine empirical effect. We apply recently developed meta-analysis methods to 64 US minimum wage studies and corroborate that Card and Krueger’s findings were nevertheless correct. The minimum wage effects literature is contaminated by publication selection bias, which we estimate to be slightly… CONTINUE READING

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