What is David Card's central idea on minimum wage?
My central contribution, especially with Alan Krueger, is demonstrating that increases in the minimum wage do not necessarily lead to significant job losses, as was widely assumed. We found, through detailed case studies, that in certain contexts, employment levels could remain stable or even increase. This challenged the standard competitive labor market model and highlighted the importance of empirical data over theoretical assumptions in policy discussions.
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