Table 1 Employment Equations for the Restaurant-and-Bar Sector, 1990–2005, Polynomial Detrending
From: On the robustness of minimum wage effects: geographically-disparate trends and job growth equations
| Â | Â | Order of Polynomial for County-Specific Trends | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No trends | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
Log (minimum wage) | −0.101** (0.039) | −0.006 (0.033) | −0.051*** (0.014) | −0.041 (0.027) | −0.062* (0.033) | −0.046 (0.033) |
Log (Average wage) | −0.139*** (0.048) | −0.129*** (0.036) | −0.116*** (0.032) | −0.097** (0.038) | −0.089** (0.040) | −0.079** (0.043) |
Log (Total employment) | 0.596*** (0.053) | 0.770*** (0.061) | 0.776*** (0.081) | 0.824*** (0.097) | 0.849*** (0.109) | 0.869*** (0.120) |
Unemployment Rate | −0.001 (0.002) | 0.001 (0.002) | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.002 (0.001) | 0.003* (0.002) | 0.004** (0.002) |
Log (Population) | 0.327*** (0.101) | 0.289*** (0.066) | 0.247* (0.136) | 0.241* (0.133) | 0.226* (0.125) | 0.326** (0.150) |