英文文献:Do minimum wage increases influence worker health?-提高最低工资会影响工人健康吗?
英文文献作者:Michael R. Strain,Brady P. Horn,Johanna Catherine Maclean
英文文献摘要:
While the employment effects of minimum wage increases have been heavily studied, the impact of minimum wage increases on non-labor market outcomes has received less attention. This study is the first to investigate whether minimum wage increases in the U.S. affect an important non-market outcome: worker health. Economic models of the demand for health suggest a link between minimum wage increases and worker health, but the direction and magnitude of the impact is ultimately an empirical question. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys coupled with differences-in-differences and triple-difference models. We find little evidence that minimum wage increases lead to improvements in overall worker health. In fact, we find some evidence that minimum wage increases may decrease some aspects of health, especially among unemployed male workers. We also find some evidence that increases reduce mental strain among employed workers.
虽然提高最低工资对就业的影响已得到大量研究,但提高最低工资对非劳动力市场结果的影响却较少受到关注。这项研究首次调查了美国最低工资的提高是否会影响一个重要的非市场结果:工人健康。健康需求的经济模型表明,提高最低工资与工人健康之间存在联系,但影响的方向和程度最终是一个经验问题。为了研究这个问题,我们使用了1993-2014年行为风险因素监测调查的低技能工人的数据,并结合差异中差异和三差异模型。我们发现几乎没有证据表明提高最低工资能改善工人的整体健康。事实上,我们发现一些证据表明,提高最低工资可能会降低某些方面的健康,尤其是对失业的男性工人而言。我们还发现一些证据表明,增加就业可以减少精神压力。