Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27077350›Full record

ArticleAmerican journal of public health2016

Estimating Potential Reductions in Premature Mortality in New York City From Raising the Minimum Wage to $15.

Tsu-Yu Tsao, Kevin J Konty, Gretchen Van Wye, Oxiris Barbot, James L Hadler, Natalia Linos, Mary T Bassett

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in American journal of public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Evolution of the US nonmetropolitan mortality disadvantage by sex, state, and year, 1999-2019.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Analysis of Exertion-Related Injuries and Fatalities in Laborers in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. The impact of minimum wages on population health: evidence from 24 OECD countries.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2017
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tsu-Yu TsaoTsu-Yu Tsao is with the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data Use, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Kevin J. Konty is with the Office of School Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Oxiris Barbot, James L. Hadler, Natalia Linos, and Mary T. Bassett are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Kevin J KontyTsu-Yu Tsao is with the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data Use, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Kevin J. Konty is with the Office of School Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Oxiris Barbot, James L. Hadler, Natalia Linos, and Mary T. Bassett are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Gretchen Van WyeTsu-Yu Tsao is with the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data Use, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Kevin J. Konty is with the Office of School Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Oxiris Barbot, James L. Hadler, Natalia Linos, and Mary T. Bassett are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Oxiris BarbotTsu-Yu Tsao is with the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data Use, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Kevin J. Konty is with the Office of School Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Oxiris Barbot, James L. Hadler, Natalia Linos, and Mary T. Bassett are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
James L HadlerTsu-Yu Tsao is with the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data Use, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Kevin J. Konty is with the Office of School Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Oxiris Barbot, James L. Hadler, Natalia Linos, and Mary T. Bassett are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Natalia LinosTsu-Yu Tsao is with the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data Use, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Kevin J. Konty is with the Office of School Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Oxiris Barbot, James L. Hadler, Natalia Linos, and Mary T. Bassett are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Mary T BassettTsu-Yu Tsao is with the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data Use, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Kevin J. Konty is with the Office of School Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Oxiris Barbot, James L. Hadler, Natalia Linos, and Mary T. Bassett are with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess potential reductions in premature mortality that could have been achieved in 2008 to 2012 if the minimum wage had been $15 per hour in New York City.

methodsUsing the 2008 to 2012 American Community Survey, we performed simulations to assess how the proportion of low-income residents in each neighborhood might change with a hypothetical $15 minimum wage under alternative assumptions of labor market dynamics. We developed an ecological model of premature death to determine the differences between the levels of premature mortality as predicted by the actual proportions of low-income residents in 2008 to 2012 and the levels predicted by the proportions of low-income residents under a hypothetical $15 minimum wage.

resultsA $15 minimum wage could have averted 2800 to 5500 premature deaths between 2008 and 2012 in New York City, representing 4% to 8% of total premature deaths in that period. Most of these avertable deaths would be realized in lower-income communities, in which residents are predominantly people of color.

conclusionsA higher minimum wage may have substantial positive effects on health and should be considered as an instrument to address health disparities.

Indexed as

PovertyAdultFemaleHumansIncomeMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsMortality, PrematureNew York CityResidence CharacteristicsSalaries and Fringe BenefitsUrban Health

Identifiers

PMID27077350
PMCPMC4880275

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.