DavidThere’s nothing surprising or unintuitive here regarding the outcome of CA’s hike in minimum wage for restaurant workers, but it appears that the loss in jobs was less due to automation and more due to decrease in people dining out due to higher prices.
The CA Minimum Wage Increase: Summing Up - Marginal REVOLUTION
Two recent joint-papers Did California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Reduce Employment? by Clemens, Edwards and Meer and The Effects of California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage on Prices by Clemens, Edwards, Meer and Nguyen give what I think is a plausible and consistent account of California’s $20 fast food minimum wage. California’s $20 fast food […]