From The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Democrats are pushing for big hikes in the minimum wage as a way to address income inequality…. University of California, Irvine economist David Neumark’s review of 100-plus major academic studies …  concluded that 85 percent of the analyses “find a negative employment effect on low-skilled workers.” … Even if minimum-wage hikes don’t kill jobs, the idea that this policy is a promising solution to income inequality makes little sense.

For the full story, please visit http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/mar/25/minimum-wage-hike-income-ineq....
 

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