Policy
Where does your state’s minimum wage rank against the median wage? (opens in a new tab)
Blog JUL 8, 2019
By: Ben Zipperer, Will McGrew, David Evans
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Ben Zipperer was a Research Economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. His research focused on the minimum wage and other labor standards, measuring how specific labor market policies affect the income distribution, productivity, and employment.
He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Georgia.
Authored by Ben Zipperer
Credible research designs for minimum wage studies (opens in a new tab)
In the News AUG 17, 2016
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic · Policy
Equitable Growth in Conversation: An interview with David Card and Alan Krueger (opens in a new tab)
In Conversation APR 25, 2016
By: Ben Zipperer
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
African American workers are hurt more by the decline in union and manufacturing jobs (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 31, 2016
By: Ben Zipperer
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
History shows why New Hampshire has room for higher minimum wages (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 26, 2016
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
U.S. job growth slows in January, as the nation remains years away from full employment (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 5, 2016
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
What’s aging got to do with the U.S. labor market recovery? (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 4, 2015
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The U.S. labor market and the health of workers (opens in a new tab)
Essays NOV 6, 2015
By: Ben Zipperer
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Where is the U.S. labor market recovery for prime-age workers? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 2, 2015
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Comments on proposed U.S. overtime regulation (opens in a new tab)
Blog SEP 15, 2015
By: Ben Zipperer
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Puerto Rico’s predicaments: Is its minimum wage the culprit? (opens in a new tab)
Blog AUG 13, 2015
By: Arindrajit Dube, Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Bolstering the bottom by indexing the minimum wage to the median wage (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs JUN 17, 2015
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
How raising the minimum wage ripples through the workforce (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs APR 28, 2015
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
State-by-state minimum to median wage ratios (opens in a new tab)
Blog NOV 5, 2014
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Designing a research agenda to move the minimum wage forward (opens in a new tab)
Blog JUL 24, 2014
By: Carter C. Price, Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Ben Zipperer’s Working Papers
Academic
Did the minimum wage or the Great Recession reduce low-wage employment? Comments on Clemens and Wither (2016) (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers DEC 6, 2016
By: Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Historical state and sub-state minimum wage data (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers SEP 7, 2016
By: Kavya Vaghul, Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Credible research designs for minimum wage studies (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers AUG 17, 2016
By: Sylvia Allegretto, Arindrajit Dube, Michael Reich, Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Academic
Pooling multiple case studies using synthetic controls: An application to minimum wage policies (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers MAR 1, 2016
By: Arindrajit Dube, Ben Zipperer
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
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