Table 5 Earnings Elasticities for the Restaurant-and-Bar Sector 1990–2005, Various Detrending Methods
From: On the robustness of minimum wage effects: geographically-disparate trends and job growth equations
| Â | Â | Order of Polynomial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No trends | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
Log (Minimum wage) | 0.199*** (0.021) | 0.171*** (0.036) | 0.141*** (0.023) | 0.093*** (0.027) | 0.099*** (0.032) | 0.079** (0.034) |
| Â | Â | Post-1993 Trends | Peak-to-Peak Trends | H-P Filter Trends | Â | Â |
Log (Minimum wage) | Â | 0.198*** (0.055) | 0.229*** (0.053) | 0.096** (0.030) | Â | Â |