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Every citation behind the score, with its stance, evidence mass mᵢ, recency-decayed mass, and share of the total. The score is reproducible from exactly these rows.

5 citationsDecayed mass Mₚ = 18.7Center Xₚ = 0.04Calibration W₀ = 18, T = 20y
RefutesNatural experiment· 1994mᵢ 8.01.6 · 9%

Minimum wages and employment: a case study of the fast-food industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Card & Krueger · American Economic Review · 32y old

Found no employment decline (a small increase) after a minimum-wage rise — the study that reopened the debate.

Natural experimentSeminalCited-by map →doi:10.3386/w4509
RefutesQuasi-experimental· 2019mᵢ 8.05.6 · 30%

The effect of minimum wages on low-wage jobs

Cengiz et al. · Quarterly Journal of Economics · 7y old

Bunching estimator across 138 state-level increases finds minimal employment loss in the affected wage range.

SupportsObservational· 2016mᵢ 6.03.6 · 19%

Effects of the minimum wage on employment dynamics

Meer & West · Journal of Human Resources · 10y old

Argues effects appear in employment growth rather than levels, finding negative dynamic effects.

MixedSystematic review· 2019mᵢ 7.04.9 · 26%

Impacts of minimum wages: review of the international evidence

Dube · HM Treasury Review · 7y old

Concludes effects are small and context-dependent; no consensus sign at moderate increases.

Systematic reviewContext-dependentCited-by map →doi:10.5281/zenodo.minwage