The Potential of Minimum Wage Increases to Reduce Youth Homicide Disparities: Diminishing Returns for Black Youth.

IF 3 2区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Prevention Science Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-07 DOI:10.1007/s11121-024-01714-6
Briana Woods-Jaeger, Tasfia Jahangir, Marcia J Ash, Kelli A Komro, Imani J Belton, Melvin Livingston
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Abstract

We examine and compare the relationship between minimum wage increases and youth homicide rates in three groups: all youth, White youth only, and Black youth only. Using 2001-2019 mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) for all 50 states and Washington DC, we apply a difference in differences (DD) design to compare the change in youth homicides across states with varying changes in the state-specific minimum wage. With the inclusion of state-specific linear time trends, we find that a $1 increase in minimum wage leads to a significant 4% reduction (RR = 0.96, 95%CI [0.92, 0.99]) in homicides among White youth, but no significant reduction among Black youth (RR = 0.98, 95%CI [0.91, 1.04]). Findings are consistent with research on marginalization-related diminished returns for Black youth. While minimum wage increases are a promising step to reduce youth homicides overall, reducing homicide disparities experienced by Black youth requires additional components. Future research should examine policies with the specific intention to dismantle structural racism.

提高最低工资对减少青少年杀人差异的潜力:黑人青年的收益递减。
我们研究并比较了最低工资增长与三类青少年杀人率之间的关系:所有青少年、仅白人青少年和仅黑人青少年。利用 2001-2019 年全国 50 个州和华盛顿特区的全国人口动态统计系统(NVSS)的死亡率数据,我们采用差异设计(DD)比较了各州最低工资的不同变化对青少年杀人案的影响。在纳入各州的线性时间趋势后,我们发现最低工资每增加 1 美元,白人青年中的凶杀案就会显著减少 4%(RR = 0.96,95%CI [0.92,0.99]),而黑人青年中的凶杀案则不会显著减少(RR = 0.98,95%CI [0.91,1.04])。研究结果与有关黑人青年因边缘化而收益减少的研究结果一致。虽然提高最低工资是减少青少年凶杀案的一个有希望的步骤,但要减少黑人青少年所经历的凶杀案差异,还需要更多的因素。未来的研究应考察那些具体旨在消除结构性种族主义的政策。
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Prevention Science
Prevention Science PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
CiteScore
6.50
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11.40%
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128
期刊介绍: Prevention Science is the official publication of the Society for Prevention Research. The Journal serves as an interdisciplinary forum designed to disseminate new developments in the theory, research and practice of prevention. Prevention sciences encompassing etiology, epidemiology and intervention are represented through peer-reviewed original research articles on a variety of health and social problems, including but not limited to substance abuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS, violence, accidents, teenage pregnancy, suicide, delinquency, STD''s, obesity, diet/nutrition, exercise, and chronic illness. The journal also publishes literature reviews, theoretical articles, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, brief reports, replication studies, and papers concerning new developments in methodology.
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