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If both studies are so flawed, it seems indefensible to draw _any_ conclusions right now.

• thehardsphere 9y ago
  Maybe if you limit your scope to this single event. There is a large body of prior evidence and theory to suggest that disemployment was likely to occur from such a large increase in the minimum wage, so I don't think it's really proper to act as though two studies represents our entire universe of human knowledge about these sorts of policy changes.
  • surfmike 9y ago
    The studies on that are mixed (see Card/Kreuger). But it's worth noting that the UW study was able to explain the results of previous studies that showed no effect on employment: those studies did not have access to info about hourly wages and hours/week.