The answer is faster…so contra the arguments of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, and Wisconsin Manufacturers Association, it seems unlikely that there are large negative employment impacts from minimum wage increases. Oh, also contra Sabia for the Employment Policies Institute (who has still not responded to my repeated requests for his data, after six months).
Category Archives: Wisconsin
A Fiscal Tale of Two States: Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
The two neighboring states of Wisconsin and Minnesota share a similar economic structure and size; and yet their fortunes have diverged over the past three years. One correlate of Wisconsin’s growth deficit is state and local government spending.
Assume a Can Opener – Wisconsin Variant
The MacIver Institute, an organization of endlessly imaginative analysis, has highlighted this LFB memo that reports that under the right conditions, the structural budget balance will be +$535 for the 2015-17 biennium.
Wisconsin Private Nonfarm Payroll Employment Declines in August
DWD released August employment figures today. Attainment of Governor Walker’s 250,000 net new private sector jobs continues to be unlikely.
Further Deterioration in Wisconsin Structural Budget Surplus
The Evaporation of the Wisconsin Budget Surplus
A rapid collapse in the Wisconsin fiscal prospects (but pretty predictable, as long as one doesn’t believe in supply side miracles).
Quantitative Implications of Wisconsin Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
No succor from the QCEW series that the Walker Administration previously touted [1]
Wisconsin Forecasted to Lag Further Behind Minnesota
And Kansas travels its own path
New Quarterly Gross State Product Series: Wisconsin and Minnesota
The BEA has released a new quarterly Gross State Product (GSP) series for states — a tremendous innovation for those of us interested in tracking state economies.
(Not) The Leader of the Pack: Wisconsin and Her Neighbors
Today the Philadelphia Fed released coincident indices (measures of aggregate economic activity) for the states and the US. Wisconsin outperforms Kansas — a very low bar — and yet has lagged all her neighbors.