Minimum Wages and Housing Rents: Theory and Evidence

Atsushi Yamagishi
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Whether the minimum wage is an effective redistributive policy is still controversial. I investigate this issue from a new perspective by focusing on the effect of minimum wage hikes on housing rents. It is informative for two reasons. First, if minimum wage hikes increase housing rents, some of the benefits accidentally fall on homeowners rather than workers. Second, housing rents serve as an indicator as to whether and how much minimum wages are beneficial for workers, which I show by developing a spatial equilibrium model. I empirically analyze the causal impact of the minimum wage increase on housing rents in the United States and Japan. In both countries, minimum wages hikes increase housing rents in urban areas: 10% minimum wage increase induces 1%-2% increase in the United States and 2.5%-5% increase in Japan. While the unintended incidence on homeowners is arguably moderate, it is non-negligible. Moreover, it may be more salient if minimum wages induce unemployment. I also suggest the importance of heterogeneous welfare impacts on different groups of minimum wage workers.
最低工资与住房租金:理论与证据
最低工资是否是一项有效的再分配政策仍存在争议。我从一个新的角度来研究这个问题,重点关注最低工资上调对住房租金的影响。它提供信息有两个原因。首先,如果提高最低工资提高了住房租金,那么一些好处意外地落在了房主身上,而不是工人身上。其次,住房租金作为最低工资是否对工人有利以及在多大程度上对工人有利的指标,我通过开发一个空间均衡模型来证明这一点。我实证分析了美国和日本最低工资增长对住房租金的因果影响。在这两个国家,提高最低工资会增加城市地区的住房租金:在美国,提高10%的最低工资会导致1%-2%的增长,在日本则会导致2.5%-5%的增长。尽管对房主的意外影响可以说是温和的,但它是不可忽略的。此外,如果最低工资导致失业,问题可能更为突出。我还提出了异质性福利对不同最低工资工人群体的影响的重要性。
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