Minimum Wages and Healthy Diet

Clark, Kim B.; Pohl, Reinhard; Thomas, Ryan

doi:10.1111/coep.12463

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“…Andreyeva and Ukert (2018) find that minimum wage increases lower the consumption of fruits and vegetables and raise the probability of being obese. This finding is, however, not supported by Clark et al (2020), who show that increases in the minimum wage might have modest but positive effects on fruit and vegetable consumption.…”

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Do minimum wages improve self-rated health? Evidence from a natural experiment

Hafner

Lochner

2021

Empir Econ

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We analyze whether the introduction of the general minimum wage in Germany in 2015 had an effect on workers’ self-rated health. To this end, we use survey data linked to administrative employment records and apply difference-in-differences regressions combined with propensity score matching. This approach enables us to control for a vast set of potential confounding variables. We find a health improving effect among the individuals who were most likely to be affected by the reform. Our results indicate that workers’ improved satisfaction with pay, their reduced working hours, and a reduction in time pressure at work may drive this result.

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Do minimum wages improve self-rated health? Evidence from a natural experiment

Hafner

Lochner

2021

Empir Econ

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“…As shown in Table 3, none of these papers point clearly to adverse effects, while they are split between positive findings (four studies), and mixed findings/no evidence of an effect (five studies) 27 . Across the studies finding positive effects, the benefits include healthier diet (Clark et al, 2020; Palazzolo & Pattabhiramaiah, 2021) as well as lower obesity (indirect evidence, from Meltzer & Chen, 2011), as well as reduced stunting (in developing countries, in Ponce et al, 2018). The Palazzolo and Pattabhiramaiah (2021) and Ponce et al (2018) papers are more convincing; despite some weaknesses, they have the basic ingredients of what is needed for a causal analysis—both a panel data approach, and comparisons between those more and less affected.…”

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The effects of minimum wages on (almost) everything? A review of recent evidence on health and related behaviors

Neumark

2024

Labour

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I review and assess the evidence on minimum wage effects on health outcomes and health‐related behaviors. The evidence on physical health points in conflicting directions, leaning toward adverse effects. Research on effects on diet and obesity sometimes points to beneficial effects, whereas other evidence indicates that higher minimum wages increase smoking and drinking and reduce exercise (and possibly hygiene). In contrast, there is evidence that higher minimum wages reduce suicides, partly consistent with the evidence of positive or mixed effects on other measures of mental health/depression. Overall, policy conclusions that minimum wages improve health are unwarranted or at least premature.

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“…Given the link between attitudes toward thinness and weight loss and indoor tanning bed use (Darlow et al, 2016), I also control for whether the teen was bound by a youth indoor tanning prohibition, required parental presence for indoor tanning, required paternal consent for indoor tanning, or was required to be provided a safe and clean tanning environment (Carpenter et al, 2023). To account for the relationship between local economic conditions and health, the vector B kst also includes the state unemployment rate (Ruhm, 2000(Ruhm, , 2015 and natural log of the real value of the minimum wage (Cotti & Tefft, 2013;Clark et al, 2020).…”

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State‐mandated school‐based BMI assessments and self‐reported adolescent health behaviors

Churchill

2023

J Policy Anal Manage

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I provide novel evidence on the role of imperfect information in shaping childhood obesity. Between 2003 and 2017, 24 states began requiring schools to perform Body Mass Index assessments on students. Using the 1991 to 2017 National and State Youth Risk Behavior Surveys and a stacked difference‐in‐differences identification strategy, I show that these state‐mandated school‐based BMI assessments were associated with an increase in the likelihood that teens described themselves as overweight and reported that they were trying to lose weight. The relationship was most pronounced for overweight teens, suggesting that the assessments improved awareness about BMI status among this group, though I also find that non‐overweight teen girls were subsequently more likely to incorrectly describe themselves as overweight. While I do not detect meaningful changes in exercise or calorie‐limiting behaviors, I do find that these state‐mandated school‐based BMI assessments were associated with a modest reduction in BMI.

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Minimum Wages and Healthy Diet

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Do minimum wages improve self-rated health? Evidence from a natural experiment

Do minimum wages improve self-rated health? Evidence from a natural experiment

The effects of minimum wages on (almost) everything? A review of recent evidence on health and related behaviors

State‐mandated school‐based BMI assessments and self‐reported adolescent health behaviors

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