The Effect of Increasing Minimum Wage at a City-Wide Level on the Enrollment in Public Assistance Programs
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2020-08-12
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Abstract
This study examines the effect of increasing minimum wage at a city-wide level
on the enrollment in means-tested public assistance programs. I exploit San
Francisco’s minimum wage increases in 2011 and 2012 and use data from
IPUMS-CPS to estimate the effect on welfare programs. Using a linear
probability model and a difference-in-difference estimation, my analysis suggests
that San Francisco’s minimum wage increases have a positive effect on the
enrollment of welfare programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) and Medicaid and is statistically significant.
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Minimum Wage, TANF, Medicaid, Public Economics, difference-in-difference, IPUMS-CPS, San Francisco