California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We then follow the steps described in Bollinger et al. (2019) and Machado and Mata (2005) to produce unconditional percentile estimates. The figures display the median value of the estimates across the various specifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - This is slightly below an estimate by Blau et al. (2023) for the U.S. over the last 40 years and substantially higher than an estimate by Clemens et al. (2019) for the U.S. over the period from 2013 to 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - At the same time, research on other types of public spending —such as K ‑12 education and workforce development —suggests comparable or better earnings benefits for workers (Heinrich et al. [2013], Jackson [2015], and Hollenbeck [2017]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals

Feb 22, 2017 - Though Superior Court decisions generally are not binding precedent, one California Superior Court decision ( Children and Families Commission of Fresno County et al. v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., et  al ) considered issues concerning supplantation of funds related to Proposition  10 (1998), another voter ‑approved tobacco measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

The 2020-21 May Revision: Revenue Proposals in the 2020-21 May Revision

May 20, 2020 - Net income is an especially poor way to identify small businesses because many large businesses with high revenues als o have a lot of expenses. An arbitrary threshold of $1  million would still allow many medium and large businesses to claim NOLs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4238

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - These studies also can highlight important but less obvious economic effects of spending or tax propos als. For example, an economic impact study of a transportation investment might estimate the economic benefits of improved mobility and safety, in addition to the direct economic benefits of the engineering and construction activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - While growing up in California results in lower future earnings for low–income children on average , there is a great de al of variation in these outcomes at a local level. Within California, growing up in a particular county can increase or decrease a child’s future annual income by a couple of thousand dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518