From the OC Register:
A study from a team of economists at the Federal Reserve and the University of California, Irvine helps explain this dynamic. They studied the experience of poor families before and after an increase in the minimum wage. They found that – as expected – those who received a bump in hourly pay and kept their jobs were better off.

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