ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2021
Association of State Minimum Wage Rates and Health in Working-Age Adults Using the National Health Interview Survey.
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- Minimum Wage Policies and Obstetric Disorders in the U.S.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Health effects of an increased federal minimum wage among US low-wage-earning adults: a difference-in-differences analysis in a population-based cohort.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Methods Used to Evaluate the Health Effects of Social Policies: A Systematic Review.Current epidemiology reports · 2025Article
- The introduction of a minimum wage in Germany and the effects on physical activity participation.International journal of health economics and management · 2024Article
- Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in the association between higher state minimum wages and health and mental well-being in US adults with low educational attainment.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- The Effects of Increasing State Minimum Wage on Family and Paid Caregiving.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- State Minimum Wage Increases As a Potential Policy Lever to Reduce Black-White Disparities in Hypertension.Health equity · 2023Article
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Abstract
States adopt minimum wages to improve workers' economic circumstances and well-being. Many studies, but not all, find evidence of health benefits from higher minimum wages. This study used a rigorous "triple difference" strategy to identify the associations between state minimum wages and adult obesity, body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)2), hypertension, diabetes, fair or poor health, and serious psychological distress. National Health Interview Survey data (United States, 2008-2015) on adults aged 25-64 years (n = 131,430) were linked to state policies to estimate the prevalence odds ratio or mean difference in these outcomes associated with a $1 increase in current and 2-year lagged minimum wage among less-educated adults overall and by sex, race/ethnicity, and age. In contrast to prior studies, there was no association between current minimum wage and health; however, 2-year lagged minimum wage was positively associated with the likelihood of obesity (prevalence odds ratio = 1.08, 95% confidence interval: 1.00, 1.16) and with elevated body mass index (mean difference = 0.27, 95% confidence interval: 0.04, 0.49). In subgroup models, current and 2-year lagged minimum wage were associated with a higher likelihood of obesity among male and non-White or Hispanic adults. The associations with hypertension also varied by sex and the timing of the exposure.
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