From the SCTimes:
But there are some questions about who really benefits. A long-running body of work by economist David Neumark of the University of California Irvine, found that increasing minimum wages led to a moderate decline in employment for low-skilled workers. What’s more, his research suggests that a chunk of the gains in higher wages might go to middle-class teenagers, with some adults getting squeezed by a reduction in jobs or hours.

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