(D. Araujo, B. Carrillo, W. Iglesias and B Sampaio)
Journal of Development Economics, Revision Requested.
An enormous literature estimates the effects of minimum wage policies on employment and
wages as well as on earnings inequality. Yet whether such policies can affect the children
of covered workers over the long run remains an open question. Previous studies tend to
focus mainly on the contemporary impacts on individuals making high school dropout or
college enrollment decisions, but retrospective exposure during different periods of child
development may be equally or even more important.