Recent Work
Parent: Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics
eScholarship stats: History by Item for July through October, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | 2026-10 | 2026-09 | 2026-08 | 2026-07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4h9850c1 | The Employment Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage in the U.S. and in Mississippi: A Simulation Approach | 577 | 104 | 202 | 229 | 42 |
| 3xg5b3sz | The Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage in New York State | 391 | 64 | 117 | 126 | 84 |
| 9j3565x5 | The New Wave of Local Minimum Wage Policies: Evidence from Six Cities | 354 | 94 | 100 | 107 | 53 |
| 0xz8g59x | Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage in California and Fresno | 341 | 56 | 77 | 164 | 44 |
| 5zj7k9bs | Seattle’s Minimum Wage Experience 2015-16 | 280 | 62 | 77 | 114 | 27 |
| 3xb4152j | New York City’s Gig Driver Pay Standard: Effects on Drivers, Passengers, and the Companies | 261 | 84 | 66 | 92 | 19 |
| 4c16v6zf | Unemployment Short-Term and Long: Problems and Policy Proposals | 237 | 29 | 66 | 122 | 20 |
| 1fw4q65g | A Minimum Compensation Standard for Seattle TNC Drivers | 216 | 60 | 36 | 61 | 59 |
| 9t42p25t | Data and Methods for Estimating the Impact of Proposed Local Minimum Wage Laws | 213 | 18 | 165 | 19 | 11 |
| 4th435ht | Ten Dollars or Thirteen Dollars? Comparing the Effects of State Minimum Wage Increases in California | 203 | 22 | 51 | 106 | 24 |
| 1td5b9bs | Likely Effects of a $15 Federal Minimum Wage by 2024 | 197 | 67 | 65 | 48 | 17 |
| 428737v1 | The Truth about Public Employees in California: They are Neither Overpaid nor Overcompensated | 191 | 42 | 51 | 74 | 24 |
| 3m1028h9 | The Effects of Proposition 22 on Driver Earnings: Response to a Lyft-Funded Report by Dr. Christopher Thornberg | 183 | 84 | 37 | 48 | 14 |
| 5d2877hj | The Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage by 2019 in San Jose and Santa Clara County | 183 | 32 | 39 | 64 | 48 |
| 0510c5pc | Estimated Impact of a Proposed Minimum Wage Law for Sacramento | 173 | 49 | 37 | 53 | 34 |
| 47r05658 | Increasing the Minimum Wage in San Jose: Benefits and Costs | 147 | 28 | 43 | 54 | 22 |
| 0bz5b17x | A Depressive State: Assessing California’s Labor Market Four Years after the Onset of the Great Recession | 141 | 64 | 32 | 28 | 17 |
| 9fc8q8jz | The Proposed Minimum Wage Law for Los Angeles: Economic Impacts and Policy Options | 132 | 33 | 34 | 42 | 23 |
| 30q7p9h0 | A post-Great Recession overview of labor market trends in the United States and California | 118 | 51 | 32 | 21 | 14 |
| 0vv904d3 | Credible research designs for minimum wage studies | 114 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 14 |
| 1fq2x26g | California’s Labor Market: Eight Years Post-Great-Recession | 106 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 16 |
| 6pc2m3cj | High Unemployment After the Great Recession: Why? What Can We Do? | 100 | 20 | 25 | 41 | 14 |
| 4qh9v3g4 | Workers and the COVID-19 Recession: Trends in UI Claims & Benefits, Jobs, and Unemployment | 99 | 33 | 21 | 32 | 13 |
| 81g6h3s4 | The Impact of Oakland’s Proposed City Minimum Wage Law: A Prospective Study | 92 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 17 |
| 8m46g9zk | Comparison of two Seattle TNC driver studies | 90 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 14 |
| 1070w4vz | The Wrong Target: Public Sector Unions and State Budget Deficits | 86 | 34 | 21 | 25 | 6 |
| 5cz4n3mt | The Mayor of Los Angeles’ Proposed City Minimum Wage Policy: A Prospective Impact Study | 86 | 19 | 26 | 35 | 6 |
| 93q6d4rc | Massachusetts Uber/Lyft Ballot Proposition Would Create Subminimum Wage: Drivers Could Earn as Little as $4.82 an Hour | 85 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 10 |
| 8q88q336 | San Francisco’s Proposed City Minimum Wage Law: A Prospective Impact Study | 80 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| 0ws770tx | Assembly Labor & Employment Committee hearing for AB 1439 | 77 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| 5gz267s9 | Fact Sheet: Estimated Impact of San Diego’s Proposed Minimum Wage Law | 76 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 13 |
| 9zh383nr | The Severe Crisis of Jobs in the United States and California | 75 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 13 |
| 8sr7p7r6 | Contra Costa County’s Proposed Minimum Wage Law: A Prospective Impact Study | 74 | 29 | 12 | 23 | 10 |
| 63p2387p | Productivity Impact of Health Care Reform in California | 72 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| 19f3z2sp | An Oversight Hearing on the State’s Role in Addressing Income and Wealth Inequality | 64 | 38 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 4bz434t2 | 2003 California Establishment Survey: Preliminary Results on Employer Based Healthcare Reform | 60 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 11 |
| 5q0593k6 | Data and Methods for Estimating the Impact of Proposed Local Minimum Wage Laws | 59 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| 463970rh | Data and Methods for Estimating the Impact of Proposed Local Minimum Wage Laws | 57 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 6 |
| 8w70c6cx | Legislative testimony regarding SB 935 | 57 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| 7vg3v2z4 | The American Automobile Industry in Crisis: Threats to Middle-class Jobs, Wages, Health Care, and Pensions | 6 | 5 | 1 |
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