Virtual registration is still open for the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power" conference! Featuring an all-star lineup of labor economists, this one-day event also honors career of Dr. Michael Reich. 📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm 🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...

New report on California's $20 fast food minimum wage using D-in-D and DDD: 8-9 percent wage increases, no effects on employment and a 1.5 percent minimum wage increase: irle.berkeley.edu/publications...

Blog updated to v2 this morning. Lots of useful developments from ASSA that, for @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & I, show a path to meaningful participation in #ASSA2025 even if there are picket lines. I thank @lkatz42.bsky.social & team for leading to practical solutions.

A newly precise null result on whether Medicaid induces cross-state migration, in an extensive job market paper by Carl McPherson. carlmcpherson.github.io

Hey #EconSky📉📈 our new working paper with Michael Reich @IRLE is out! Sectoral Wage-Setting in California We provide the first causal evidence of the (highest in the US) $20 minimum wage for large fast-food chains in California, implemented on April 1, 2024. irle.berkeley.edu/publications... 1/7