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

• Published in: British journal of industrial relations Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 406 - 428
• Main Authors: Doucouliagos, Hristos, Stanley, T. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2009
• Subjects: Bias; Economic impact; Employment; Estimation bias; Literature Reviews; Meta-analysis; Methodology (Data Collection); Minimum Wage; Regression analysis; Studies; United States of America; Wages & salaries; United States > US

Card and Krueger's 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 studi...